Active speakers

vinniemac

I have a set of Wharfedale Active Diamonds that must be nearly 25 years old, and I'm thinking they've earned their retirement at this stage. Any suggestions as to what would be a suitable replacement for them? They'll be used for playing music in my office plugged into the sound card of my PC

Richersounds.ie: John

vinniemac wrote: »

I have a set of Wharfedale Active Diamonds that must be nearly 25 years old, and I'm thinking they've earned their retirement at this stage. Any suggestions as to what would be a suitable replacement for them? They'll be used for playing music in my office plugged into the sound card of my PC

Vinnie,

Thanks for the post & I hope all is well (how are those nice Monitor Audio RS8's going?)

Active speakers have fallen a bit in the Hi-Fi world - I remember those Wharfedales well tho - they were a great little piece of kit!

Pretty much the only active speakers we have at the moment are the JBL Control 1G which are active & wireless(ish)

These retail at just £149.95 and to be fair they do sound excellent for the money.

Alternatively you could look at a small amp/receiver with a decent pair of speakers - we could do the excellent Teac Reference 300 AGH300 receiver with the Monitor Audio Bronze Reference One at just £179.95 and that would sound pretty great!

Keep me posted if we can assist and great to hear from you again,

ATB,

John Mc & Crew

vinniemac

Hi John

Thanks for the quick reply. Lovin' the RS8's especially after I bi-wired them which really made a difference despite my scepticism :-)

The TEAC might do the job - I have a surplus pair of Q Acoustics 1010i's that I replaced with the RS8's that I could use with it. I'll have a look at other amps and receivers and get back to you in the next few days

Regards

Vinnie

Richersounds.ie: John

vinniemac wrote: »

Hi John

Thanks for the quick reply. Lovin' the RS8's especially after I bi-wired them which really made a difference despite my scepticism :-)

The TEAC might do the job - I have a surplus pair of Q Acoustics 1010i's that I replaced with the RS8's that I could use with it. I'll have a look at other amps and receivers and get back to you in the next few days

Regards

Vinnie

Vinnie,

thanks for that - yep that Teac is a really great Receiver - it sounds great and looks really amazing - like a real old fashioned heavy piece of hi-fi when they made decent kit!

Keep me posted if we can help,

ATB,

John Mc & Crew