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Q ACOUSTICS Concept 500: Supertest in HiFi & Records
In these weeks, the brand new, high-end loudspeakers from the English manufacturer Q Acoustics, which are expected to be available from April 2017, will be on tour through the demonstration rooms of local hi-fi fairs. For example, there were first hearing impressions at the North German HiFi Days in Hamburg on the first weekend of February. The high-end magazine HiFi & Records had the opportunity to experience the Concept 500 in detail in the editorial listening room and is absolutely enthusiastic:
"Their performance was expected by the amplifier pairs Audionet DNP / EPX and the monobloc AMP as well as the combination of McIntosh CA2600 AC and the monoblocks MC75 AC. Since the inner cabling of the 500s originates from QED, I used as feed line the XT400 from the same house. After some testing, the Q Acoustics stood slightly angled towards my listening position. What then followed is an example of how high expectations can sometimes be fulfilled.
First of all there is the completely homogeneous image of the stage. Despite the correct base width, I have the feeling, with some speakers, of sitting opposite three sound sources: left, center, right. Not here, the Concept 500 play from a single cast. The location of individual voices and instruments succeeds perfectly, in many cases with more air between the signal sources than usual. Added to this are clarity, transparency and almost incredible plasticity. Example compliant? Alan Parson's Projects, Tales Of Mystery & Imagination ', I've heard so many times that I've taken a cognitive brand. Whether it is the dotted bass tones at the beginning, the striking voice of Orson Welles or the many acoustic details that suddenly appear, is in itself far less important than the concentrated energy with which the music in the listening room spreads. Impulses are coming quickly, but more importantly, they have disappeared just as quickly. The "Fall Of The House Of Usher: II. Arrival" is a good example of the fact that the signal does not come with chassis loudances and / or distortions of medium-sized chassis. The piece begins with rain and the sound of the organ, which winds in popping drone impulses. I can not recall having ever heard of such a realistic drama.
But what happens when changing from the monumental to a microcosm? Caroline Glaser plays her title 'Drive'. The acoustic guitar, the drums and their gentle voice sound with a high degree of authentic cleanliness. Class is that the bass is well audible and even does not mute in the approach grumbled afterwards or in another form leads a life of its own.
Can two 17-centimeter chassis for a Bassfundament lay? 'Gemini Feed' is the prelude to the current album 'The Altar' by US singer Banks. Phantastic keyboards, beats of the drum computer and a energy-consuming, deep chord, which always comes up again, often force sound transducers to their knees. Either a drone is added or the tweeter reaches audibly its physical limits: The Concept 500 take this Stolperstein with a sovereignty, which should not exist in this price class. I have the impression that apart from the music, I hear nothing but the desired sounds - and at the latest I know that these speakers will accompany me for a long time.
Conclusion
This is a blow to the Kontor: With the Concept 500, the triumvirate standing behind Q Acoustics has created a nice, impressive sounding and in addition still favorable high-end loudspeaker. I am sure the Concept 500 will be one of tomorrow's classics. Absolutely listen! "Google Translate for Business:
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