Happiness is a quiet cabinet, or so says the UK’s Q Acoustics.
Here are a few of the lengths they go to to deliver just that:
- Gelcore™ cabinet construction reduces higher frequency cabinet noise.
- P2P™ (Point to Point™) internal bracing stiffens the cabinet to minimise lower frequency vibrations.
- HPE™ (Helmholtz Pressure Equalizer™) reduces internal pressure and standing waves.
- Isolation suspension base eradicates unwanted external and internal vibrations.
- The driver assembly is mounted to the front aluminium baffle by pretensioned studs to give the correct acoustic seal, while dampen vibrations and minimise structural coupling of the assembly in main cabinet.
- Ground-up mid/bass and tweeter driver design for increased power handling.
- High-frequency driver is fully hermetically sealed and mechanically isolated (floating) from the front baffle to protect from internal resonances from the mid/bass driver.
- Crossover design is mounted on the isolation base, to minimise any microphonic pick up and away from electro-magnetic fields radiated by the drive units.
Hermetically sealed, baby. Here’s a nicely made video with moving pictures to help with the finer details:
Q Acoustics was founded in 2006, and they should be better known for making high quality speakers at very nice prices.
The Concept 50 offer two sets of binding posts and a smile-shaped based mounted with spikes or semi-round footers.
A pair of 5-inch mid/bass drivers and 0.9-inch tweeter are new, ground-up designs specifically for the Concept 30, 50 and 90 loudspeakers. As you can kinda see, these drivers are mounted to a 3mm aluminum front baffle plate which serves two purposes according to Q—dampening vibrations and minimising structural coupling.
The review pair came outfitted in a very nice silver lacquer gloss finish. Black and white lacquer are also available and the optional grill covers, which I intend to leave off, are included.
To my eyes, the Concept 50’s curved edges and fine finish makes them look the part of a (much) more expensive speaker. How do they sound? Stay tuned.
Q Acoustics Concept 50 Floorstanding Speaker
Price: $2999/pair
Company Website: Q Acoustics
Specifications
Bass unit: 2 x 125 mm (5.0 in)
Treble unit: 1 x 25 mm (0.9 in)
Frequency response (-6dB): 42 Hz – 30 kHz
Nominal impedance: 6 Ω
Minimum impedance: 3.6 Ω
Sensitivity (2.83V @ 1kHz): 90.5 dB/w/m
Recommended amplifier power: 25-150 W
Crossover frequency: 2.1 kHz
Distortion (120Hz – 20kHz, @2.83Vrms): <0.2%
Effective volume: 28.8 L
Dimensions (per loudspeaker / HxWxD) Inc spikes and stabiliser: 1025 x 418 x 319 mm (40.4 x 16.5 x 12.6 in), Cabinet width: 180 mm (7.1 in)
Weight (per loudspeaker): 22.9 kg (50.5 lbs)