British speaker manufacturer Wharfedale has confirmed details and prices of its classy looking new Jade range.

Wharfedale Jade-7

Each of the curved cabinets are made from a Wharfedale’s own Crystalam laminate made from natural wood elements and composites, designed to reduce panel vibration and sound leakage.

There range includes seven models: two standmounters, two floorstanders, two centre speakers and a subwoofer.

Wharfedale’s Director of Acoustic Design Peter Comeau is the designer. He’s used a new Acufiber material for the cones which the company claims “marries the responsiveness of glass and carbon fibre materials with a self-damping woven matrix”.

The Jade 1 and Jade 3 are both three-way sealed box designs with a 25mm aluminium dome tweeter, 7.5cm Acufiber cone and a 12.5cm (Jade 1) or 15cm (Jade 3) Acufiber cone.

The Jade 5 floorstander is also a three-way sealed box design with the same 25mm aluminium dome tweeter and 7.5cm Acufiber cone, but back with a pair of 15cm Acufiber bass drivers.

The Jade 7 meanwhile is a four-way sealed box design with three Acufiber cones of 7.5cm, 15cm and 17.5cm.

Nominal impedance is 6 ohms for each, while sensitivity is 86dB/w/m on the standmounts and 88dB on the floorstanders.

The Wharfedale Jade range will be available in August in black oak, vintage cherry or piano black real wood veneers at these prices:

Jade-1 oak/cherry £600, black £750

Jade-3 oak/cherry £850, black £1,000

Jade-5 oak/cherry £1650, black £2,000

Jade-7 oak/cherry £2,200, black £2,700

Jade-SR oak/cherry £550, black £650

Jade-C1 oak/cherry £600, black £700

Jade-C2 oak/cherry £800, black £1,000

Optional extras include floor stands for the Jade-1 and Jade-3, and table stands for the Jade-C1 and Jade-C2.