Wharfedale remains at the forefront of loudspeaker design and manufacture as much today as it did when Gilbert Briggs established Wharfedale Wireless Works in 1933. Despite having no theoretical or practical training, his devotion to music led to many innovations under the soon famous Wharfedale name and several obituaries referred to him as the father of Hi-Fi. During the fifties, in collaboration with his close friend Peter Walker of Quad, Wharfedale speakers and Quad amplifiers were used in a series of "live versus recorded" performances in major concert halls including the Royal Festival Hall London and Carnegie Hall in New York. As domestic Hi-Fi systems became increasingly popular over the next twenty years, by the end of the 70s Wharfedale's now sizable factory was producing over 800,000 drive units.

New laser and computer technologies available in the 80s were applied to further loudspeaker understanding and craft and in 1981 the first Wharfedale Diamond was launched. The current Diamonds benefit from 30 years of (r)evolutionary design and are now acknowledged to deliver what many regard as the best sound at a price everybody can afford - about the price of two fashionable pairs of sneakers. The current 1.5 million square foot Wharfedale plant manufactures every part used in Wharfedale speakers. Every part is specifically designed by Wharfedales Research department is developed as the product as a whole comes off the drawing board and into the competitive market place. But in this market place Wharfedale more than holds it's own while still preserving the essence of musical communication that Gilbert Briggs was so passionate about.

The new series 10 Wharfedale Diamonds feature an abundance of technology that contributes to their astonishing price to performance level: Curved multi-braced MDF cabinets; advanced cross-overs with high quality custom capacitors and inductors; advanced driver basket, voice coil, and cone materials; substantial bi-wireable terminals, well designed packaging. However its the synergy of all of these elements that makes a greater whole than the sum of the parts particularly at this price level where other manufacturers have to apply some cost cutting measures somewhere along the line. For a popular hot selling production assembly line item, the Wharfedale Diamonds produce much of the sound put out by expensive small production boutique brands. Partnered with good electronics, they produce an very insightful and enjoyable sound that is the perfect introduction into the world of HiFi.