Q Acoustics Q 5040 Floorstanding Speakers Black, excellent condition 6mos old
Q Acoustics Q 5040 Compact Floorstanding Speakers, Satin Black (Pair) Overview. I bought these speakers in December 2023 and have enjoyed them very much across all genres of music.
The reason for the sale is I had a chance to make a significant upgrade (and it would need to be significant to outpace these speakers). This pair of Q Acoustics Q 5040 Compact Floorstanding Speakers is part of the 5000 Series and have been designed to perform for stereo hi-fi or as part of a wider home cinema system. P2P cabinet bracing stiffens for support where its needed. HPE reduces overall pressure within the speaker for less resonance. Two five-inch mid-bass drivers with a tweeter between, mounted on black baffle. Shares CCC and tweeter design with the flagship Concept range. Design in the mid/bass driver ensures smoother high-frequency integration with the tweeter and superior bass dynamics. 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. 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.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. Point-2-PointTM (P2P) internal bracing stiffens the cabinet to minimize lower frequency vibrations, while focusing stereo imaging and improving soundstage. Q Acoustics P2PT (Point to Point) bracing used throughout the 5000 series supports the parts of the enclosure that need to be stiffened making the new enclosures exceptionally rigid, improving the focus of the stereo image and giving the soundstage more accuracy than ever before.
Helmholtz Pressure Equalisers (HPETM) reduces internal pressure and standing waves. HPET (Helmholtz Pressure Equalizer) technology designed to convert pressure to velocity and reduce the overall pressure gradient within the speaker enclosure, has been applied to the 5050 floorstanding speakers only to reduce cabinet resonance. This technology is perfect for taller loudspeakers that tend to resonate at a single favored frequency. The cost is due to insuring the items and making sure they will reach you in good order.