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The new 5000 series from Q Acoustics is a range of stereo and home cinema loudspeakers that will recalibrate your perceptions of how a speaker can look and sound. By embodying genuine and significant advancement in driver design, the game-changing C3 Continuous Curved Cone™ mid/bass driver elevates the 5000 series beyond any nominal rival.
By incorporating the innovative cabinet technology first deployed in the company’s flagship Concept range, the 5000 series is as uncompromised on the inside as it is sophisticated and contemporary on the outside.
Small enough to keep a low profile, but with sound big and accomplished enough to draw attention to itself. If you want off-the-scale performance from a discreet, compact and easy-to-position loudspeaker, the 5010 bookshelf speaker fits the bill as nicely as it fits your space.
Experience all the scale and power of your favourite music without letting your loudspeaker dominate your room. The 5010 standmounting speaker will put you right in the heart of the music without putting itself at the heart of your space.
5000 Series Audio Innovations
C3 (pronounced ‘C-cubed’) Continuous Curved Cone™ design in the mid/bass driver ensures smoother high-frequency integration with the tweeter and superior bass dynamics.
Sophisticated, clean and contemporary design with dark acrylic baffle motif mirrors the minimalist C3 Continuous Curved Cone™ profile. 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.
Ground-up mid/bass driver design delivers increased power handling. Point-2-Point™ (P2P) internal bracing stiffens the cabinet to minimize lower frequency vibrations, while focusing stereo imaging and improving soundstage. Helmholtz Pressure Equlizers (HPE™) reduces internal pressure and standing waves (5040 and 5050 models only).
Mid / Bass Driver Design
At the heart of the ground-up mid/bass driver design is the C3 Continuous Curved Cone™. The cone’s geometry requires good motor strength for optimal performance. Substantial magnets are coupled to large voice coils to increase motor strength – the result is a 50% increase in power handling and control over a comparable driver with 25.4 mm voice coil. The result is an improvement in the dynamic range of the speaker, especially in the bass region.
High-Frequency Driver Design
Based on the tweeter design principle found in the newest Concept series, the high frequency driver unit is hermetically sealed and mechanically isolated (floating) from the baffle to prevent internal pressure modulations from within the cabinet and adjacent mid/bass driver. The inner chamber is also carefully vented for lower distortion, with a lower crossover point for seamless integration through the crossover region.
C3 Continuous Curved Cone
A genuine advancement in elements of mid/bass driver design, the C3 Continuous Curved Cone™ 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 5000 series highlights a new terminal panel features metal securing nuts for low contact resistance and compatibility with 4 mm plugs, wires or spade tags. The terminals are very low profile to keep plugs close to the speaker back face, providing a tidy appearance and enabling the speaker to be placed closer to the back wall if required.
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Bass Unit: | 1 x 110 mm / 4.5 Inches |
| Treble Unit: | 25 mm / 1.0 Inches |
| Frequency Response: | 56 Hz – 30 kHz |
| Nominal Impedance: | 6 Ω |
| Minimum Impedance: | 3.3 Ω |
| Sensitivity: | 86.3 dB/w/m |
| Recommended Amplifier Power: | 15 – 90 W |
| Crossover Frequency: | 2.5 kHz |
| Effective Volume: | 5.0 L |
| Overall Dimensions H/W/D: | 264 x 160 x 263 mm |
| Overall Dimensions H/W/D: | 10.4 x 6.3 x 10.4 Inches |
| Weight Per Speaker: | 5.6 kg /12.3 lb |