Interesting to hear your opinion, from what I read, only real downside as been claimed is that it's said that the high-end may become a bit rough if you push 'em really hard, how do you feel about this?
As far as I believe this is an incredible successful trickle down of their much much more expensive airedale product line, seemingly they're getting very close to the prestige series at a much lower price point
The bigger models (Jade 5 and 7) do have a higher crossover point to the midrange, which I'm sure helps the midrange doing it's job even better!
There's an x-over point from mid to high at 2.4KHz on Jade 5, while it's 2.8KHz on Jade 3 and 7, 2.5KHz with Jade 1; I really don't understand why it's like this if they use the same drivers...
Sorry Gene about posting links to competitors
, but here is a review of Jade 1, which is quite close to the 3's. I believe mid and tweeter is the same throughout the range, althoutgh crossover points are somewhat different on some of the models.
Wharfedale Jade 1 Bookshelf Loudspeaker Reviewed
the Jade 1 is a curious performer, for it sounds good at moderate and even low volumes, though it does elevate to that proverbial next step when given a bit of juice. The problem with this is that the window for it to be at its peak is somewhat narrow, in that you'll definitely notice when the Jade 1 has gotten comfortable, but it may not take much to break it from its comfort zone, the result being disaster. For me, this window spanned but a few clicks of the volume... when pushed too hard, the first thing to go is the Jade 1's tweeter