Wharfedale Diamond 12.3i Floor-Standing Speakers (Pair)

Cut Right to the Soul of Your Music: Wharfedale Diamond 12.3i Floor-Standing Loudspeakers Play with Notable Openness, Control, and Emotionalism

Let's summarize the Wharfedale Diamond 12.3i floor-standing loudspeaker: Advanced construction, premium parts, playback that draws you in and turns you into an active participant, and a cost that leaves plenty left over for records. Indeed, this 38.38 x 7.09 x 13.7-inch (HWD) design is built and shaped to cut right to the soul of your music.

Featuring a redesigned port crafted using laser interferometry, anechoic measurements, and computational fluid dynamics to access airflow and pressure in its structure, Diamond 12.3i offers articulate and controlled bass responsiveness as well as consistent spatial performance. As you might now infer, everything from the drivers to the crossovers to the cabinets in Diamond 12.3i contributes to an instrument that reproduces music exceptional poise, detail, openness, and emotionalism. Equally important, Diamond 12.3i is at home with all types of recordings, from pop and rock to jazz and classical.

Starting with high-frequency reproduction, Diamond 12.3i sparkles. Comprised of woven polyester film with a high-loss coating for open, smoothly extended high frequencies, its one-inch textile-dome tweeter boasts an optimized magnet system and flat front plate to attain wide dispersion and uncompressed playback. Architecturally, a very short duct on the front plate balances the acoustic load and serves to improve SPL measurement. Diamond 12.3i also utilizes a Linkwitz-Riley crossover with air-core inductors – the latter commonly found in much more expensive high-end designs due to their low-distortion properties.

Of course, Diamond 12.3i isn't a 2.5-way design for nothing. It boasts a five-inch midrange and five-inch woofer – each comprised of trademarked Klarity cone material – formulated from a blend of polypropylene and mica to add stiffness while remaining lightweight for low coloration and fast responsiveness. Fitted with a low-damping surround and shaped to achieve a flat response curve, both produce expressive dynamics even on complex material. Each also touts a precision-crafted magnet system with an aluminum compensation ring to minimize the effect of variations in inductance as the voice coil travels, ultimately leading to an absence of distortion and intermodulation generated by the motor system. As for the aforementioned voice coil? It's wound on an epoxy/glass-fiber bobbin produces higher power handling than those assembled on aluminum machines.

When you look at it, Diamond 12.3i will make you beam with pride when you see it in your room. Showcasing elegant finishes and accents, it takes advantage of form-follows-function architecture in which Intelligent Spot Bracing connects opposite walls with a custom, computer-modeled wood brace to reduce resonance – and not transfer it from side to another.

We'd love to give you more information about Diamond 12.3i and the other models in the value-addled Diamond 12i Series. If you're interested, give us a call at 312-433-0200.

Driver Magnet Systems
Each mid/bass driver features a precise magnet system with an aluminum compensation ring to reduce the effects of inductance changes as the voice coil moves. This advanced motor system minimizes intermodulation and distortion, producing cleaner, more accurate sound. The voice coil is wrapped around a high-power epoxy/glass-fiber bobbin, which performs significantly better than standard materials at this price point, offering greater power handling, thermal stability, and structural strength.

High-End Crossovers
Wharfedale engineers use a sophisticated Linkwitz-Riley crossover design complete with air-core inductors — components typically found in high-end speakers. The crossover network is finely adjusted for minimal phase shift and smooth integration between drivers. The magnet structure for the mid/bass driver is modified to address the resistance of the high-quality inductors, ensuring
fast, clean bass without compromise.

Low-Resonance Cabinets
Each enclosure features a multi-layered sandwich construction that reduces panel resonance and distortion. Even the adhesive properties between the layers have been acoustically tested to optimize damping. Inside, intelligent spot bracing connects opposite cabinet walls using computer-modeled braces that reduce vibration without passing it from one surface to another. This contributes to the solid and authoritative sound signature of the Diamond 12i series.