Q Acoustics Concept 300

Product Summary

Since its founding in 2006, Q Acoustics has built an unrivalled reputation for designing, engineering and manufacturing innovative, high-performance and class-leading loudspeakers at every price-point. This ongoing and concerted demonstration of excellence has all led to Concept 300.

Key Features

The intelligence of the design of the Concept 300 cabinet is evident in its use of P2P (point to point) bracing
Concept 300 features an over-specified terminal panel which is designed to resist vibrations from the cabinet.
Having dealt with lower-frequency vibrations using P2P bracing, Q Acoustics then negates higher-frequency cabinet vibrations using its bespoke Dual Gelcore technology.
Mid/bass driver is a 165mm impregnated/coated paper cone with very low resonance thanks to its high-performance rubber surround.
Large (35mm) glass fibre voice coil and equally substantial ferrite magnet

Detailed Overview

Uncompromised performance, understated elegance.

The brief for Concept 300 is simple, yet staggeringly ambitious. Build on the runaway success of the floorstanding Concept 500 and deliver a standmounting alternative that's at once more affordable, of utterly uncompromised performance and of stylish, understated elegance.

There follows a brief explanation of just how Q Acoustics has made this happen and, by extension, why Concept 300 represents the state of the loudspeaker art in the 21st century.

Point 2 Point Bracing™

The intelligence of the design of the Concept 300 cabinet is evident in its use of P2P (point to point) bracing. Q Acoustics is able to measure the performance of the cabinet structure at a microscopic level, and identifies the precise positions that require support. So the P2P targeted cabinet-bracing method means the cabinet has exactly the support it needs, and no more. In this instance, a long and involved analysis of a problem results in a simple and brilliantly effective solution.

Dual Gelcore™

Having dealt with lower-frequency vibrations using P2P bracing, Q Acoustics then negates higher-frequency cabinet vibrations using its bespoke Dual Gelcore technology. The Concept 300 cabinet is comprised of three individual layers, each separated by a non-setting gel - the gel acts rather like a high-tech and extremely effective gasket. Any stray high-frequency vibrations are converted into heat which dissipates within the gel.

Specifications

Enclosure type: 2 way reflex
Mid/bass driver: 165mm
High frequency unit: 28mm
Frequency response: 55Hz - 30kHz
Nominal impedance: 6ohms
Minimum impedance: 4.7ohms
Sensitivity: 84dB
Stereo Amplifier Power: 25-200w
Crossover Frequency: 2.5kHz
Effective Volume: 11.4L
Dimensions W/H/D: 220 x 355 x 400mm
Weight: 14.5kg (per speaker)
Carton Dimensions W/H/D: 320 x 500 x 520mm
Packaged Weight: 16.6kg (per speaker)

What the Press Say

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The result is a charming sound that puts the accent on civility and smoothness- but never at the expense of musical enjoyment.

These ingenious speakers are beautifully engineered.

The Concept 300 deliver unrivaled levels of coherency, clarity and presence in a stand-mounted design that can compete with significantly more expensive loudspeakers.

Transparent and neutral-sounding, with superbly stable, well-defined stereo imaging, and more extended low frequencies than you'd expect from a loudspeaker this size, Q Acoustics' Concept 300 gets an enthusiastic recommendation from me.

The UK audio company Q Acoustics has excelled itself with these insanely beautiful and terrific-sounding new speakers called Concept 300.

The Concept 300 Bookshelf Speaker is for someone looking for a speaker that has both beautiful sound and looks. I don't think you will find a speaker/stand combo under $5000 with the luxurious fit and finish of these speakers. While they could use just a touch more depth, the sound is open, dynamic, and transparent with any genre. With some well-recorded music, they will put you right in a front-row seat at the concert.