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Wharfedale Diamond 12.3 HCP

View offers Speaker package | £1299 | whf.cm/Diamond123HCP

When it comes to investments, whether you are buying shares in Netflix or getting a home cinema surround system, it is always worth bearing in mind the disclaimer that ‘past performance cannot be used to reliably predict future performance’.

Just because a speaker range has a successful pedigree does not guarantee that its latest iteration will be a sensation. And even if it shares the same DNA as its proven stablemates, that is no guarantee of a harmonious set-up.

Wharfedale’s Diamond range has a legacy beginning back in 1982, but for its 14th generation, the Diamond 12 series has thrown off the shackles of heritage with a make-over courtesy of designer Karl Heinz Fink (whose CV includes Q Acoustics among

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