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Q Acoustics 3050i Floorstanding Speaker Preview

In my humble opinion, the best part of High-End Audio is that its technologies eventually trickle down to the budget sphere.

Such is the case with Q Acoustics’ 3050i, the largest pair of speakers from their newly revised entry-level lineup. At $799 USD MSRP for the pair, the 3050i’s are a steal.

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Q Acoustics has taken design cues and technology from the high-end Concept 500 Series such as Point-to-Point (P2P™) bracing—which helps to reduce cabinet vibrations for a purer sound and more accurate soundstage—and HPE™ (Helmholtz Pressure Equalizer) technology, which is “technology designed to convert pressure to velocity and reduce the overall pressure gradient within the speaker enclosure” which “helps to reduce cabinet resonance that colors the sound”. I can’t pretend to understand exactly what that means but I imagine that’s why there is an ‘i’ for improved following the number-naming of this speaker.

The Q Acoustics 3050i’s feature twin 165mm precision drivers and a 22mm decoupled high-frequency driver with a wide surround which they claim creates a wide and evenly-dispersed stereo image.

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On the outside, the speakers are downright beautiful. Q Acoustics sent a pair expertly finished in Carbon Black. They are also available in white grey and walnut. Lots of care has been put into the fit and finish of these speakers not to mention that the grilles are magnetic. Bonus!

I had initially (and selfishly) been enjoying the Q Acoustics 3050i’s connected to a Marantz SR6009 receiver, acting as the fronts of my home theater system, but I have just moved them to the living room where they’ll be connected to a Cambridge Audio CXA60 amplifier to give them a proper HiFi workout.

Thus far the results have been nothing short of spectacular. Stay tuned for the full review!

Taps Das

Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Taps Das is an art director and designer with over 15 years of experience. He has way too many hobbies: Illustration, Music Production, cooking, DJ-ing, and Hifi. His adolescence was spent immersed in DJ culture in Toronto’s then-burgeoning club scene. He still buys vinyl to this day preferring it as his medium of choice when listening to music. He is happiest when he’s tucked inside his studio spinning vinyl on his turntables, sitting at his desk drawing or in the kitchen cooking up a storm. Taps shares his home with his wife, two hooligan kids, and lovable fat dog Homie.

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Sunny S says:

September 3, 2018 at 10:33 am

In this category, the author should also evaluate ELAC Adent series as well its earlier F6, Wharf FS diamond its latest 11 diamonds version, Tannoys XTnot just QAccoustics. I even see DALI on the list missing.