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Silver Member Username: ExerciseguyBrooklyn, NY USA Post Number: 501 Registered: Oct-04 | It seems that the last of the Wharfedale Diamond 8s are currently back in stock @ Amazon.com The 8.2s are $199 delivered, not bad. The 8.3s are $199 plus delivery, still not bad. The Diamond 8 Center is $134.99 delivered, very nice. The WH-2s are $99 delivered, nice. ...and a few others. |
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Silver Member Username: ExerciseguyBrooklyn, NY USA Post Number: 502 Registered: Oct-04 | http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=3006201 |
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Gold Member Username: Edster922Abubala, Ababala The Occupation Post Number: 4607 Registered: Mar-05 | Those 8.2s are a HUGE steal at $200/pair shipped! |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 4274 Registered: Dec-04 | Agreed. |
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Bronze Member Username: SerniterPiscataway, New Jersey USA Post Number: 67 Registered: Mar-06 | I have 8.3s and would recommend them at this price.. |
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Silver Member Username: ExerciseguyBrooklyn, NY USA Post Number: 505 Registered: Oct-04 | Does anyone feel the 8 series speakers built quality is bit "flimsy"? Those grills are god-awful! In the 9 series seems a tremendous improvement in build quality. Would you consider the Athenas a comprable, or perhaps better speaker at this price point? |
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Gold Member Username: Edster922Abubala, Ababala The Occupation Post Number: 4608 Registered: Mar-05 | Grills are pretty irrelevant to me, I just love the 8.2's warm mids which the Athenas cannot match. |
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Silver Member Username: ExerciseguyBrooklyn, NY USA Post Number: 506 Registered: Oct-04 | Edster, I know I might have asked you this, but have you heard the AV123 Onix X-LS? |
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Bronze Member Username: SerniterPiscataway, New Jersey USA Post Number: 69 Registered: Mar-06 | There is no doubt the grilles are flimsy. Their purpose seems to be temporary speaker protection. Once they came off mine, I never put them back. I think there is a perceptible difference in sound produced by Athena and Wharfedale speakers. Choice would depend on the type of music played. I do not doubt the quality of Wharfedales. |
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Gold Member Username: Edster922Abubala, Ababala The Occupation Post Number: 4610 Registered: Mar-05 | CM, unfortunately, no. They seem to have enjoyed almost uniformly positive reviews though in head to head comparisons were bested by the Ascend 170SE, which is after all another $100 more per pair. I was planning on ordering a pair for home demo purposes only, had to cancel due to my impending move. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 4281 Registered: Dec-04 | Away from Abalaba? To downtown Hoolabula? |
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Silver Member Username: ExerciseguyBrooklyn, NY USA Post Number: 512 Registered: Oct-04 | Edster, I'm gonna pick up a pair as soon as some new finishes become available. I want a pair in rosewood, I REALLY wish I had sought them out when they were offered in Piano Finished Rosewood about a two months ago, but they're all gone now. |
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Gold Member Username: Edster922Abubala, Ababala The Occupation Post Number: 4612 Registered: Mar-05 | Nuck, yes I'm going to Sabubala, Fababala. a.k.a. New Mexico. |
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Silver Member Username: Mike3Lewisville, Tx USA Post Number: 200 Registered: May-06 | not too far from Texas |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 3590 Registered: Feb-05 | I used to live in New Mexico.....Farmington. |
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Gold Member Username: Edster922Abubala, Ababala The Occupation Post Number: 4613 Registered: Mar-05 | Farmington...wow, that's right at the Colorado border! Must be beautiful. Yeah I'm really looking forward to Santa Fe. Was there for a week a few days ago...it's everything Houston is not: low low humidity, clean air, lush unmanicured foliage, hills & mountains not pancake flat. Only downside was that coming from sea-level Houston, the 7000ft. elevation there made running much harder, I was breathing so hard the first 10 minutes that I scared all the nearby dogs who started barking like crazy, LOL! Ran 4 miles in the time that normally takes me to do 6 or 7, with the exhaustion I normally feel after doing 9-10. Strange thing is that calisthenics semed to be a lot easier, I was able to easily crank out 50 pushups while in Houston I can barely do 30-35 at a time. Supposedly it takes about 2-3 weeks before your body gets totally used to the 20% less oxygen in the air. |
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Silver Member Username: ExerciseguyBrooklyn, NY USA Post Number: 520 Registered: Oct-04 | Hmmm...I wonder what that thiner air does to a pair of Emmas? |
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Gold Member Username: Edster922Abubala, Ababala The Occupation Post Number: 4615 Registered: Mar-05 | heh, maybe Tim will send me a pair to find out? |