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April 2022 WWW.HIFINEWS.CO.UK 5 6ears Exclusive CHECK MATE y of Produsc&t Review s Feature Perlisten’s S7t SE towers out-play the competition Melco N10/2 Flagship digital music library Marantz Model 40n New network-attached amplifier Vinyl’s top tubes Audio Research’s REF Phono 3SE PLUS...
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Two-way reflex-loaded floorstanding loudspeaker Made by: Q Acoustics (Armour Home Electronics) Supplied by: Armour Home Electronics Ltd, Herts, UK Telephone: 01279 501111 Web: www.qacoustics.co.uk; www.armourhome.co.
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RESONANCE CONTROL Appearances are most certainly deceptive because the Concept 50’s tower is not just ‘another curvy cabinet’. By contrast, a significant amount of computer modelling, driven by insights from freelance designer Karl-Heinz Fink’s FAC (Fink Audio Consulting), has been ploughed into developing as inert a ‘launch platform’ for these drivers as possible. In practice, Q Acoustics deals with the ramifications of the drivers’ unwanted kinetic energy in three distinct ways.
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r PM Lab report Q Acoustics Concept 50 LEFT: Dual 4mm binding posts support bi-amping/bi-wiring via the split 2.1kHz crossover mounted into the base of the cabinet. Q Acoustics’ large reflex port may be partially or wholly shorted using the supplied concentric foam bungs power, it did at times feel like it had become too much the star of the show, notably on Don McLean’s folkrock standard American Pie [Capitol Records; 192kHz/24-bit].