Wharfedale Bookshelf Speakers, HiFi 2-Way Bookshelf Surround Sound Speakers for 2-Channel Stereo Listening or Home Theater System - Pair 8-Audio (Natural Walnut)

What a value! Although these speakers carry the 8Audio label (a sister company of Wharfedale), they are in fact discontinued Wharfedale Crystal 4.1 speakers that offer a stunning value at their current price. These are tiny but genuine audiophile quality speakers with the classic Wharfedale sound signature and excellent build quality. Do not compare these to any speakers selling in the $100 price range. These are much, much better. Set them up on stands about 18 inches away from the rear wall and the quality of sound will astonish you. You will need a receiver/amp that produces 50 watts per channel or more to get the best from these speakers. They are not efficient. However, use them with a decent receiver/amp and prepare to be amazed. If you like the sound of British speakers from KEF, Mission and of course, Wharfedale (neutral and non-fatiguing) you will love these speakers!

The speaker size was exactly what I needed in my wife’s office. The walnut finish and upscale looks match the decor nicely. They look more expensive than they are. Beyond looks, the sound reminds me of the Wharfedale house sound. A little rolled off, smooth midrange. Bass is about all you can expect from something so tiny, but you can still follow along with bassline in your music. They don’t sound lean or bumped in the bass. Pair these with a $50 monoprice powered subwoofer and an Aiyima A07 Pro HD Bluetooth amp and you’ve got a hell of a wireless system for a secondary space. From my listening, these are simply brilliant with jazz music. I also really appreciated female vocals and acoustic tracks with these. With sub added, I was bumping along to Massive Attack. If I could add anything, maybe it would be a bit more sparkle, but that could be the class D amp running my speakers. Recommended!

These are great sounding speaker with very nice looking cabinets. For those of you who don't know, Wharfedale makes very high end, very expensive speakers. I'm not sure but I believe that these speakers were older overstock rear channel from a surround sound system? Considering the fact that there are there are even more expensive with the same size woofers & smaller tweeters these speakers are a pretty good value. Speaking of woofers, in the description at the top it say SubWoofer Diameter 8", which is why I'm led to believe that these were at one time part of a surround sound system, but please note that these speakers have 4" woofers not 8".

Bought these for the size and the price. Sound is great, crisp and bright. Cabinet is solid and nice change in color not black. These are small. Last photo shows center are the Wharfedale Speakers left is the popular Sonys, right side are the Klipsch black 200's, next to that is the Polk. So these are tiny speakers much under $100 with pretty good sound. I wait research and buy when I see it at the correct price. These were correct at $72. The size of these are 5in wide 6in deep 8in tall

These appear to be the same as the surround speakers from the warfedale 4.2 crystal surround system. They sound great, don’t expect deep bass, but they still sound good for their small size.