Actually going the individual route might not be a bad idea if the speaker packs are not on sale any more. Personally I love the 9.6's and would highly recommend these to anyone.
If you can buy the individual bits for that $1700 mark then it might be worth looking down that road.
The wharfedales are known to be sensitive to placement (even the 9.1 with its front-firing port) which may have coloured the sound and made it more 'boomy'. Some speakers also just sound good or bad to each individual and in a given environment. Pays to listen if you can, and even better, to have a home audition.
Gambit, I got the Wharfedale Diamond 10 Home Theatre pack for $1800 from HN about 6 months back. 10.6(?) fronts, 10CS centre, 10.1 rears and SW150 sub. Good pack, sounds good in my setup. Front speakers need to be about 200mm away from the wall on at least a 10deg angle to prevent the boominess people complain of (instructions say this!) and a large granite/marble slab under the sub if normally on a carpeted floor make the bass from the sub a lot more defined and tight. :)
Lounge: WIN7 HOME x64 HTPC - E6420 2.13Ghz - 4Gb 800MHZ PATRIOT RAM - ASUS HD5670 1GB ASUS P5B-VM MOBO - LG BLU-RAY DRIVE - BG3595 TUNER - 1.5TB STORAGE PANASONIC 42" FULL HD PLASMA - PIONEER VSX1019AHK RECEIVER - WHARFDALE DIAMOND 10 SPEAKERS
Man Cave: XBOX 360 MODERN WARFARE 2 EDITION - PANASONIC 37" PLASMA - SONY MONSTA 5.1 SURROUND SYSTEM
I would imagine wooden floors would be great in some respects - however they may allow the bass to carry throughout the whole house. If you get another amp get one with an auto calibration setup to try and tune out some the resonances that carpet normally dampens
Most good stores will allow to to take them home and try for a day or two to audition (you'll have to leave you credit card details tho)
Lounge: WIN7 HOME x64 HTPC - E6420 2.13Ghz - 4Gb 800MHZ PATRIOT RAM - ASUS HD5670 1GB ASUS P5B-VM MOBO - LG BLU-RAY DRIVE - BG3595 TUNER - 1.5TB STORAGE PANASONIC 42" FULL HD PLASMA - PIONEER VSX1019AHK RECEIVER - WHARFDALE DIAMOND 10 SPEAKERS
Man Cave: XBOX 360 MODERN WARFARE 2 EDITION - PANASONIC 37" PLASMA - SONY MONSTA 5.1 SURROUND SYSTEM
Yeah i've been looking at a few amps on the net and will probably eventually go for a Pioneer with the mcacc? set up system plus they are nice and shiny so would go well with my Panasonic plasma.
If you look on trademe user johnny270is John from paul money. I was going to get the Diamond 9's but he offered me the Diamond 10's for a little bit extra last year. If you tell him what you need i'm sure he'll list it for you at a good price.
Jaxson: Actually going the individual route might not be a bad idea if the speaker packs are not on sale any more. Personally I love the 9.6's and would highly recommend these to anyone.
If you can buy the individual bits for that $1700 mark then it might be worth looking down that road.
I picked up a pair of 9.6's for $700 from HN a while ago, which I thought was a good deal.
Gambit: Yeah i've been looking at a few amps on the net and will probably eventually go for a Pioneer with the mcacc? set up system plus they are nice and shiny so would go well with my Panasonic plasma.
And you'll end up with my exact setup! I'm in blenheim, feel free to come audition my setup if you're ever over the hill :) It even got an all important 10/10 WAF
Lounge: WIN7 HOME x64 HTPC - E6420 2.13Ghz - 4Gb 800MHZ PATRIOT RAM - ASUS HD5670 1GB ASUS P5B-VM MOBO - LG BLU-RAY DRIVE - BG3595 TUNER - 1.5TB STORAGE PANASONIC 42" FULL HD PLASMA - PIONEER VSX1019AHK RECEIVER - WHARFDALE DIAMOND 10 SPEAKERS
Man Cave: XBOX 360 MODERN WARFARE 2 EDITION - PANASONIC 37" PLASMA - SONY MONSTA 5.1 SURROUND SYSTEM
Have some good news! Picked up a new speaker pack consisting of 2x10.6 Front,10cc centre,10.1 rears and 10.mx sub for $1800. The price on them was 2600 so i said a mate in Blenheim got them for $1800 and after a bit of chat the guy sold me them for that which was awesome.Good fun setting it all up yesterday and now have to save up to get a new amp. Need one soon!!!! LOL.
Got it all going now and looks really good in the lounge with the telly.The 10.6 fronts don't seem to be getting much bass but is that because of my reciever or because they are not bi wired? The sub sounds great with movies and music and i wish i had a newer reciever so i could get HD sounds but will have to wait a bit.Very happy overall but also know that things will improve when i get a new amp. Also in the manual it says the 10.1s should be set to small.Is that correct?
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