Wharfedale Elysian Series
Elysian 4
Flagship floorstander. Absolute reference.
The Elysian 4 is Wharfedale's statement loudspeaker — a 3-way floorstander with a 90 mm AMT tweeter, 6-inch glass fibre midrange, and twin 8.5-inch glass fibre woofers. With 92 dB sensitivity, a frequency response reaching 30 Hz, and a multi-layer cabinet finished in six coats of hand-polished lacquer, it delivers a level of scale, dynamics, and refinement that challenges loudspeakers costing several times more.
At a Glance
●90 mm AMT tweeter
●30 Hz – 22 kHz response
●92 dB sensitivity
●4 Ω / 15–250 W
●Twin 8.5″ glass fibre woofers
●SLPP bass loading
●Six-layer piano lacquer finish
●49.6 kg per speaker
Key Features
90 mm AMT Tweeter
Large-format Air Motion Transformer with pleated ultra-light diaphragm and precision magnetic system — vanishingly low distortion and outstanding detail retrieval.
6″ Glass Fibre Midrange
Dedicated woven glass fibre matrix midrange cone with high-plasticity coating for a fast, transparent, colouration-free vocal band.
Twin 8.5″ Glass Fibre Woofers
Dual long-throw woven glass fibre bass drivers with copper-clad pole pieces for controlled, authoritative low-frequency extension to 30 Hz.
Multi-Layer Cabinet
Sandwich-bonded panels of different wood densities with precision internal bracing — finished in six coats of hand-polished piano lacquer.
Technologies Inside
AMT Tweeter
Air Motion Transformer precision.
Invented by physicist Dr. Oskar Heil, the Air Motion Transformer uses a folded, pleated diaphragm immersed in a powerful magnetic field to squeeze air laterally — like the bellows of an accordion — moving air four times faster than the diaphragm itself. The result is vanishingly low distortion, exceptional transient speed, and an effortless, open high-frequency response that conventional dome tweeters cannot match. Used across the Elysian, Aura, and EVO 5 ranges in sizes from 27×90 mm to 90 mm.
Glass Fibre Matrix Cone
The perfect bass and midrange diaphragm.
Wharfedale's woven glass fibre matrix cone offers an ideal combination of low mass and high stiffness, with a high-plasticity coating that provides damping to suppress high-frequency resonance. Unlike paper or polymer cones, the woven structure breaks up resonances at a microscopic level, resulting in a fast, detailed midrange free from colouration. Used in Elysian and Aura series drivers, terminated by high-flexibility rubber surrounds for transient accuracy and mounted on die-cast aluminium chassis.
SLPP Bass Loading
Slot-Loaded Profiled Port.
Wharfedale's Slot-Loaded Profiled Port directs high-pressure, high-velocity airflow through a series of precisely shaped slot ports in the speaker's plinth, rather than using a conventional round port. This reduces turbulence, eliminates port noise, and improves overall efficiency — delivering deeper, better-controlled bass from a given cabinet volume with improved dynamic performance at high listening levels. The SLPP system features across the Elysian, Aura, and EVO 5 ranges.
Sandwich Cabinet Construction
Resonance killed at the source.
Wharfedale's multi-layer cabinet construction bonds layers of different wood products together with high-damping adhesive — typically 6 mm MDF outer walls bonded to 12 mm high-density particle board inner walls. This sandwich structure shifts panel resonances below audibility and prevents energy storage that colours the sound. The Elysian and Aura series add precision-shaped internal bracing and curved cabinet walls to further reduce standing waves and diffract sound evenly.
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