A wonderful open sound, clarity and balance.

Bass isn't quite as deep as it's modern rivals.

They've been battered and the cabinets are looking scuffed and pretty crappy. They've been used constantly since 1998 and ten years on they're absolutely a joy to the ear.

So, I consulted the experts to find successors and decided that the Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 as recommended by everyone including What Hi-Fi would be perfect. I picked up the Rosewood beauties from Richer Sounds who happily price matched AVB's (AV Bristol) £109.00 online January sale price. Another bargain I thought.

So, i bi wired the Diamonds with the exact same setup as before and commenced playback. First I tried The Young God's Only Heaven on vinyl through my Rega P3 and Sony Pre/power amp combo and was quite startled. First, I noticed that volume had decreased slightly, so I turned up the volume. Detail in the sound had deteriorated in favour of a more controlled sound, lacking brightness and vitality. The bass was deeper, and more defined by the high end was very poor with an almost muddy quality.

I put the JPW's back on, as battered and tatty as they now look, sonically, although the bass doesn't quite summon up as much as the Wharfedale, enjoys a far better high end and is a far better all round performer.

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Wharfedale Diamond 9.1.

Wonderful Treble, Excellent midrange and controlled deep bass.

None particulary, although bi-wireability would be an added bonus

A fine speaker at this price (UK £69.95). I have never been able to ascertain what the difference is between the 510 and the 510i - perhaps if someone knows they will e.mail me.....?????)Mine is the 510
Am I missing something ????

I have just got this product about three weeks ago after reading some magazines as it is something cheap and good. Formerly I was using MS 25i with the cyrus 2/psx, maranzt cd72and with cables from IXOS 609 and sonic link's pink, the sound was powerful for pop,but disappointing for rock . Upgraded my amp to MF X-A1was the first move and it did improved and as I went round listening to some bookshelf speakers (Near,Dynaudio,Westlake,Vienna ). I have realised that small speakers can breathe better to show better details and soundstaging then floor standing. So to prove my statement, I went round to source for speakers of resonable performance and price, and first stop was the Tannoy M2 which is selling at $ 240Sin but it was sounded pretty bad at the warehouse sale, and there I have noticed this pair of JPW but it was offering at the price of $399Sin (JPW is retailing cheaper than M2 in UK). Popped, I have happened to bumped into this shop and just casually asking the staff for JPW ML510, and he offered the price $280 without demo and I happily grapped it.True to my ears, now I can hear better details and soundstaging, and even my friends were impressed with the voice of Jane Sibbery.
And since the arrival of JPW, my MS 25i is used as the stand and the Marantz CD72 has given way for the Cambrige Audio CD6.

5 speakers for value, quality and sound

JPW ML-510This is an excellent Speaker. Sounstaging and clarity is good. For the Price I paid SG$390 (it's on sale now at SG$270), Good Value for Money.

These speakers are very good for the money. I bough a pair for my sister and I must say they where better than I dared to wish for. I am using a pair of Linn Keilidh spekers myself and these speakers made me think if my Keilidh realy were worth 10 times as much money. The JPW set me back 50£ on as sale at Richer sounds, which is not much.

Midrange realism

slight brightness on female vocals

This is the 510i, not sure what the changes are. This is a lot of speaker for $350. Voices have a palpable feel to them and overall musicality is way more than I expected for the price. Can be used with all kinds of music but not the best rock speaker around as the dynamics are good but not great. Out of the four speakers we used in our face-off these tied for first with the tannoys, well ahead of the other three.

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kef Q15.2 Paradigm monitor 3 Polk rt35i tannoy MLX2