Wharfedale Diamond A2 Active Speakers in Black

“Diamond A2 Stereo Speakers combine Wharfedale’s Award-winning acoustic design with‘true wireless’freedom for modern digital lifestyles”

The Wharfedale Diamond A2 Active Speakers, these are known as loudspeakers with wireless connectivity that shows a difference. While not the first of a line of stereo speakers that offer integrated amplification and Bluetooth Connectivity with compatible devices includes Smartphones and tablets. This ‘True Wireless’ Technology allows the flexibility than many such designs, with this combined with the award winning sonic know how, it delivers levels of convenience and performance that allows it to separate the Diamond Active Series from the wireless speaker crowd.

The Drivers

The 16.5cm woven Kevlar cone mid/LF driver for a deep bass coupled with 25mm fabric dome tweeter, derived from the Diamond 200 Series, for crystal clear highs. These specifically optimise the network to give active speakers immersive and bold performance which is equally impressive.

Connections

You need digital optical, coaxial or RCA-phono inputs for analogue sources, the H1 hub has you covered, bringing Bluetooth AptX for wireless streaming, and bringing features to improve the bass adjustment. This mono mode allows the speakers to be placed in different rooms for a basic multi-room system.

The H1 Hub

With each speaker, the A2 pair is powered by its own 50W amplifier resulting in consistent and fully optimised stereo sound. The H1 Wireless Speaker gives you a left and right channel signals to the respective speaker, this means that they are not tied together and can consequently be placed anywhere in a room.

 

It supports 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz frequency bands, this allows it to switch to be able to maintain a stable speaker connection.

The Finish

Design similarities are carried across the actives, such as the silver coloured driver surrounds, but it gets the new Active with the rounded cabinet edges.

 

Specification

 

Design philosophy and core technology          5.8GHz True Wireless technology 

+/- 6dB Bass Control 

Balance Function 

Mode selector: Left/Mono/Right 

Digital Amplifier with DSP

Digital Input     1 x Coaxial, 1 x Toslink Optical

Analog Input    RCA x 2

Bluetooth Input           aptX (Priority), SBC

Input sensitivity           350mV

Signal frequencies       5.2/5.8GHz wireless uncompressed

Sampling rate for digital inputs            Up to 24bit / 96kHz

Wireless reception distance     20m

Enclosure type bass reflex

Transducer complement         2.5-way

Drivers 165mm Woven Kevlar Woofer x 2 / 25mm Soft Dome Tweeter

System power output  100W

Peak SPL          96dB

Frequency response (+/-3dB) 40Hz – 20KHz

Bass extension (-6dB)  35Hz

Crossover frequency    2.8kHz

Speaker Finish Black Leatherette with High Gloss White / Black Front Baffle

Hub Finish        High Gloss Black with Touch Sensitive Display

Speaker Dimensions & Weight (each) 

Cabinet Volume           38L

Height (on feet)           (912+25)mm

Width   210mm

Depth   (300+10)mm

Net Weight       18.8 Kg

Hub Dimensions & Weight      

Height  28.8mm

Width   150mm

Depth   156mm