Q Acoustics 5040 Floorstanding Speakers HI-FI Home Cinema Holme Oak QA5048
Order by 2PM weekdays for Same Day Dispatch. Q Acoustics 5040 Floorstanding Speakers HI-FI Home Cinema Holme Oak QA5048. Q Acoustics 5040 Holme Oak Floorstanding Speaker. 5040 is a notably compact floorstander with a modest footprint - which means it's ideal for those environments where space is at a premium but the desire for full-scale audio excitement (as well a visual gratification) is strong. Supplied with magnetically fixed grilles. The new 5000 series from Q Acoustics is a range of stereo and home cinema loudspeakers that will recalibrate your perceptions of how a speaker can look and sound. By embodying genuine and significant advancement in driver design, the game-changing C3 Continuous Curved ConeT mid/bass driver elevates the 5000 series beyond any nominal rival. By incorporating the innovative cabinet technology first deployed in the company's flagship Concept range, the 5000 series is as uncompromised on the inside as it is sophisticated and contemporary on the outside. C3 Continuous Curved ConeTM design in the mid/bass driver ensures smoother high-frequency integration with the tweeter and superior bass dynamics.
Sophisticated, clean and contemporary design with dark acrylic baffle motif mirrors the minimalist C3 Continuous Curved ConeTM profile. Arrives in four stylish finishes: Satin Black, Satin White, Santos Rosewood and Holme Oak. With a design taken from the Concept series but in a new housing, the high-frequency driver is fully hermetically sealed and mechanically isolated from the front baffle to protect from internal cabinet pressure and resonances from the mid/bass driver. Point-2-PointTM (P2P) internal bracing stiffens the cabinet to minimise lower frequency vibrations, while focusing stereo imaging and improving soundstage.
Helmholtz Pressure Equalisers (HPETM) reduces internal pressure and standing waves. The reductive nature of the C3 Continuous Curved Cone'sT appearance is also reflected in the 5000 series minimalist design, with its sophisticated but contemporary lines leaning towards the elegant form of the latest Concept speaker series.The baffle fronts are laminated with a layer of butyl rubber and black acrylic trim, not only to provide a damping layer to suppress vibration occurring in the baffle, but to offer an eye-catching counterpoint to the cosmetically clean front presentation uninterrupted by any fixings. At the heart of the ground-up mid/bass driver design is the C3 Continuous Curved ConeT.
The cone's geometry requires good motor strength for optimal performance. The result is an improvement in the dynamic range of the speaker, especially in the bass region. Based on the tweeter design principle found in the newest Concept series, the high frequency driver unit is hermetically sealed and mechanically isolated (floating) from the baffle to prevent internal pressure modulations from within the cabinet and adjacent mid/bass driver. The inner chamber is also carefully vented for lower distortion, with a lower crossover point for seamless integration through the crossover region. A genuine advancement in elements of mid/bass driver design, the C3 Continuous Curved ConeT profile is the result of extensive research and expert engineering to combine the bass performance benefits of a traditional straight conic cone with the high/mid-range frequency control of a flared cone.
By creating a single, smooth, continuous curve profile, the advantages are clear. Its excellent dispersion, alongside its well-controlled frequency response and reduced harmonic distortion, enables smoother integration with the tweeter.
Deep bass dynamics are also superior, with this and tighter, damped low-end sound allowing more flexibility in in placement of speakers near the wall boundaries of the listening room. Bass unit2 x 125 mm (5.0 in). Treble unit1 x 25 mm (1.0 in). Frequency response(-6dB)39 Hz - 30 kHz. Dimensions (per loudspeaker / HxWxD)Inc spikes and stabiliser: 967 x 361 x 293 mm (38.1 x 11.5 x 14.2 in).
Weight (per loudspeaker)18.0 kg (39.7 lbs). Product of the Year 2023. The Q Acoustics 5040 are even-handed performers that simply step out of the way of the music and let it shine... Wonderfully expressive and insightful performance that's class-leading at this level.Respectful and appreciative of every genre, from floor thumping bass to delicate strings, these are a joy to listen to, and clearly designed by people who love their music. Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity. The 5040s elevate themselves above the competition.
I think this is a speaker that will appeal to everyone. May be the best floorstanding speaker I've heard. Detailed and dynamically impressive, the 5040 faithfully reproduces recordings with precise tonal accuracy and fine spatial definition within the soundstage.The 5040 is never less than fun to listen to. You will be hard pressed to find something more musically rewarding. Honestly how do you even do that?
If the budget allows - consider these a must audition in 2023.