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With a 1.5-million-square-foot factory that allows for meticulous quality control, Wharfedale touts a synergy of design expertise, in-house manufacturing, and from-scratch engineering matched by very few audio companies. From constructing its own crossovers to drawing on 80-plus years of cabinet-making techniques, the British firm produces loudspeakers renowned around the globe for their stellar sound and enormous value. DIAMOND 200 SERIES A NEW WHARFEDALE Diamond 210 Bookshelf Loudspeakers Diamond 210 is a pint-sized hi-fi revelation. Graced with pristine naturalism, see-through clarity, engaging dynamics, and seductive tonality, this two-way loudspeaker defies its compact proportions by delivering consistently gripping performances that lay instruments and voices out before you with realistic verve. While Diamond 210 can’t physically offer the last word in bass, it plumbs the low end with authority and supplies ample bottom-end punch. A giant-killer is upon us. $299 rosewood, black, walnut, white A NEW WHARFEDALE Diamond 240 Tower Loudspeakers Uncontaminated, clear, strong, transparent, rare, desirable: Diamond 240 shares many of the enviable properties with the prized gemstone from which it’s named. Anchored by two 6.5-inch bass drivers and a 5.1-inch midrange driver, i Ё