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I have been listening to the Diamond Center Channel speaker for several weeks and have been very pleased with it's performance. Excellent voice reproduction with television and DVD's. What has been really suprising is it's performance with music. I listen to classical, country, rock and folk music. Excellent clarity, no distortion or muddiness with these genres. Even opera, which I think is a real challenge, was accurately reproduced. My only criticism is the somewhat large, boxy appearance. Otherwise an excellent value for the price.

This Brit rocks. The most popular of all British speakers for a good reason. The quality for the money you spend cannot be beat. I got an awesome deal on Amazon ... They go for [more] now but it's still definitely worth it. The clarity and tightness of the sound is truly a thing to marvel. Play your receiver at a higher volume and there is no noticeable distortion or harshness of sound. It's smooth and genuine. The only minor issue is its size and lack of beautiful design lines. But as far as functionality goes, there's nothing to beat it.

For movies and TV, this unit is fine. For listening to music, I shut it off as it overpowers my Wharfdale Evo-8s and does not give a very refined sound. I noticed this markedly when I was listening to a soprano soloist in a Bach cantata; the subtlety, crystalline quality was lost when the center channel was activated.

We added this to our home hi-fi and video setup, and the Wharfedale made a huge difference in the quality of audio. We now have intelligible voices coming from movies and discs, where beforehand, we lacked that kind of fine detail in the center of the field.

Purchased brand new in 03 along with Wharfedale Diamond 8.1s. Great all around speaker with robust frequency reproduction. Matches well with the Diamond 8.1s and a Velodyne CHT-10 subwoofer. Also works great in a 6 channel speaker setup when listening to CD/MP3 audio sources. High volume clipping doesn't occur with a Pioneer VSX-810 a/v receiver turned all the way up. Great speaker for the price! Highly recommended.