You know those tiny little cheap Wharfedale Diamond 9.0 speakers? Well, I've been looking for a small cheap pair to use for testing amplifiers and things, and I saw these at Richer Sounds for £49. Then there's an offer of free next day delivery if you enter the special code, so I tried it. What happens is it adds the £2.99 cost of standard delivery, then knocks off the £6.95 next day delivery cost... so the net delivery charge is negative, and you get the speakers for £45.04 inc. They effectively pay you £3.96 for taking them.
Anyway, at that price I got a pair, and I'm sitting here listening to them now. For such tiny little boxes, at such a ridiculously cheap price, they're surprisingly good. They have obvious weaknesses that I won't go into. But I think they'd be a cracking start for a newcomer on a tight budget, and they'd make a pretty decent pair of desktop/PC speakers too if coupled with a cheap amp (like the Chinese class D amps out there). I really don't know how they can sell them so cheap, but at £45 they're a steal.
(No connection with Wharfedale or with Richer Sounds)
Anyway, at that price I got a pair, and I'm sitting here listening to them now. For such tiny little boxes, at such a ridiculously cheap price, they're surprisingly good. They have obvious weaknesses that I won't go into. But I think they'd be a cracking start for a newcomer on a tight budget, and they'd make a pretty decent pair of desktop/PC speakers too if coupled with a cheap amp (like the Chinese class D amps out there). I really don't know how they can sell them so cheap, but at £45 they're a steal.
(No connection with Wharfedale or with Richer Sounds)
