canada16:
As I said before, you are not going to hear the difference, You are going to be wasting your 200.00
Were do you live? maybe try ebay for second hand, I sold my Monitor Audio mint cond for 280.00,and I would rather save a bIt more.
What about ex demo, surley you have on-line shops were you live? call them they have lists of B stock,but they will only tell you if they either know you or have it in stock.
Trust me, I had the Diamonds, and I was not impressed. and going from the 9.1 to the 10.2 you might see a bit more bass but not much.
Thanks Canada, I live in Gijon (small city in the north of Spain). As you have mentioned most of my purchases have to be through ebay or internet shops because here we do not have any (only a very small local dealer). This is why I even have to relly more on experiences from other people or from magazine reviews.
I have just discussed with the shop and they tell me that the Evo are totally different line than the diamonds. Same as you, they did not recomend to go for another diamond, however they did recomend to try the Evo. They have them on sale for 250 Eur when the original price was 500 Eur. They have offered 7day trial with possibility of return so, I may give it a try. I will only loose the transport cost. Otherwise I will just focus on a good sub which I really need in any case.