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Q Active
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Q Active Q Active
An entire high-resolution
Versatile.
wireless audio system,
Sound.
Design.
delivering uncompromised
hi- sound that ts
conveniently and seamlessly
into your lifestyle.
Q Active.
Expect the Exceptional.
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Since its founding in 2006, Q Acoustics has built an unrivalled
reputation for designing, engineering and manufacturing innovative,
high-performance, class-leading loudspeakers at every price. And with
Q Active, Q Acoustics has taken its mastery of engineering, design and
performance to a completely new place.
The brief for Q Active is simple, yet staggeringly ambitious: to create an
exceptional high-resolution wireless audio system within a pair of
compact, high performance speakers.
The speakers must eliminate the plentiful wiring of a traditional audio
system, requiring only the connection of mains power. But they must
also accommodate traditional physical audio formats as well as audio
streaming services. Such as Bluetooth, Apple AirPlay 2, streaming
service compatibility and network streaming too, Q Active must include
sound from TVs, from turntables, from games consoles and from
CD players as part of the system, wirelessly and in high resolution
audio quality.
It sounds like it can’t be done. But it can - all that’s required is vision,
determination, dedication and world-class engineering. With Q Active,
Q Acoustics has redened the ‘music system’ - and has brought your
audio past and present into the future.
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In delivering an entire high-resolution audio system, one that serves up
uncompromised audio quality while tting seamlessly and conveniently
into its user’s lifestyle, Q Acoustics has excelled in three key areas.
Q Active is versatile. Q Active delivers superlative sound quality.
Q Active is designed to look as unique as it sounds.
And, of course, Q Active represents the sort of prodigious value for
money every listener expects from Q Acoustics.
Introducing Q Active 200 and Q Active 400 from Q Acoustics.
Standmount active speakers.
Also available in black. Stands sold separately.
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Q Active 200
Floorstanding active speakers.
Q Active 400*
Also available in black.
*Available 2021.
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Wireless Connectivity
Versatile.
Sound.
Design.
Bring your audio past
and present into the future.
Each Q Active system includes connectivity for Bluetooth 4.1, Apple
AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect and UPnP. Q Active is also Roon Ready.
The hub comes in two variants, Google "Chromecast built-in" or
Amazon "Works with Alexa" enabled†.
In addition, Q Active is designed to support your favourite streaming
service’s native app - which means simple, straightforward access
to the entire planet’s music. Q Active works with Amazon Music,
Apple Music, Deezer, Qobuz, Spotify and Tidal.
HUB COMPATIBILIT
Amazon "Works with Alexa"
Google "Chromecast built-in"
Google Assistant
Apple AirPlay 2
Spotify
Y:
Google Hub Amazon Hub
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CHOICE OF HUB
OR
STREAMING SERVICES
STREAMING APPS
† Available 2021.
†
Roon Ready
Bluetooth
UPnP
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Q Active Control Hub
As well as all these network audio and
streaming service possibilities, Q Active also
supports physical formats via its compact,
hideaway control hub.
The hub is the heart of the Q Active system.
It’s where all your physical formats connect to
the system, and it’s where all of the incoming
audio information is converted to a
high-resolution 24bit/96kHz digital le.
The hub then streams this high-resolution
audio le to the speakers - so any format you
want to listen to can be dealt with wirelessly
by your Q Active system. Which means
high-quality wireless audio performance
no matter the source of your music.
ETHERNET
Ethernet connectivity
provides the option for a
robust wired internet
connection to Q Active.
TV SOUND
HDMI Audio Return Channel
(ARC) input on the hub - so
any TV with a corresponding
output can send audio
information to the hub
without affecting its picture
performance. Want your TV
sound to be part of your
wireless audio system?
With Q Active, it can be.
DIGITAL OPTICAL
Disc-players - no matter if
it’s a CD player, a DVD
player or a Blu-ray player
- will have a digital optical
output. Almost every games
console has one too.
So there’s nothing to stop
you getting any of these
sources involved in your
wireless high-resolution
audio system as well.
LINE LEVEL
Use the stereo RCA
analogue inputs at line level
and plug in a cassette deck,
a mixer or anything else with
an analogue line-level
output into the hub. From
there it is transferred
wirelessly to the speakers,
where it is delivered as
great-sounding high-
resolution audio by the
Q Active speakers.
TURNTABLE
The stereo RCA analogue
inputs on the hub can be
selected for use with a
moving-magnet phono
stage. So plugging in your
record player means all of
that lush vinyl sound can be
transformed into a digital
signal and streamed
wirelessly to the Q Active
speakers.
SUB OUT
The Q Active system
delivers plenty of deep,
detailed bass. However the
hub does offer a subwoofer
pre-out for hooking up an
additional stand-alone
subwoofer.
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Voice ControlMultiroom Audio Integration
As well as delivering exquisite high-resolution stereo sound in your main
listening room, Q Active can also form part of a multiroom system.
Regardless of whether you choose Amazon "Works with Alexa" Multi-
Roon Music, Apple AirPlay 2, Google "Chromecast built-in" or Roon to
organise your multiroom music system, Q Active can be seamlessly
integrated into it. So no matter if you want the same song playing all
over your home, or different music in different zones, or if you simply
want your music to follow you as you move around your home, Q Active
can be part of your experience.
A great-sounding, high-resolution part of it, no less.
If you have Google Home, Amazon Alexa or Apple Siri smart speakers
on your home network, it’s easy to control the volume and playback
selection of the Q Active system. Simply choose which of the formats
you prefer - the control hub is available in a choice of either
‘Chromecast Built-In’ or ‘Works with Alexa’ – both can be used with
Apple Siri, and then use these mic-equipped smart devices on your
network to control your Q Active system. You can also use the
Google Home, Alexa app on your mobile to control the Q Active system.
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† Available 2021.
our Choice Of Control
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As well as your choice of Google "Chromecast built-in", Amazon
"Works with Alexa" or Apple Siri voice control, Q Active can also be
controlled using the app of your favourite streaming service. Or if the
TV plugged into the HDMI ARC socket on the control hub is CEC-
equipped, use the TV’s remote to control functions like ‘volume’ and
‘standby’. Alternatively use the cabinet mounted volume control
features on each Q Active speaker.
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Stunning High
Versatile.
Resolution Sound
Sound.
Audio can be described as ‘high resolution’ if it consists of a digital
audio format of greater than the CD-standard 16bit/44.1kHz.
Design.
Ground-up, imaginative
design delivers
uncompromised
high-resolution audio
performance and
exceptional
value for money.
Q Active can support wireless streaming with a maximum
source resolution of 32bit/192kHz, whether from its control
hub via a smartphone or tablet.
This means any source plugged into the hub will be converted to an
information-rich 24bit/96kHz digital format before it’s streamed to
the Q Active speakers, and the top tier of any high-resolution music
streaming service will be streamed at this resolution too.
The result of all this painstaking and uncompromised engineering is
extraordinary musical accuracy and amazing audio quality. Q Active
delivers a sonic performance way beyond its price.
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Active Amplication Dynamic Widescreen Sound
In a traditional, passive audio system there is one amplier. It drives
two speakers, which will have a total of at least four drivers. In the
Q Acoustics Q Active system, each driver - there are three in each
Q Active 200 speaker and four in each Q Active 400 speaker - is
controlled by its own individual, specically selected amplier.
Using a total of six (or eight) discrete ampliers, with a total of 280
(or 440) watts of power to drive the Q Active system means each
individual driver receives its own carefully regulated amplication.
As a result, Q Acoustics is able to control each driver with far more
accuracy and nesse than would otherwise be possible and this, in
turn, means Q Active can deliver the widest, most rigorously
focused and most convincing soundstage possible. Which, in short,
means Q Active sounds bigger and more precise than you might
think possible.
Hearing is believing.
Q Active doesn’t look unique simply for the sake of it.
Q Acoustics decided from the outset that it wanted Q Active
to deliver a widescreen sound with no compromise in terms of
stereo focus or soundstage, it specied Balanced Mode Radiators
(BMRs) where less visionary companies might have stuck with the
more conventional ‘dome tweeter/midrange driver’ alternative.
Balanced Mode Radiators allow Q Active to deliver outstanding sound
quality across your entire listening area, rather than restricting it to the
‘sweet spot’ of more traditional driver arrangements.
STANDARD DRIVERS BMR DRIVERS
In addition to this widescreen presentation, BMRs deliver seamless
midrange performance. Operating all the way down to 150Hz, where
they hand over to Q Actives’ subwoofer driver, there is no midrange
crossover distortion and, consequently, completely clean and
uncoloured midrange performance.
It allows for a degree of ne-tuning in your listening room as it’s
possible to position the BMRs to the inside or the outside of the
cabinets. The cabinets may also be more effectively braced for
optimum rigidity.
Widescreen Soundstage
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Powerful, Controlled Bass
The back of an ordinary loudspeaker isn’t usually worthy of discussion.
But, as is surely obvious by now, Q Active is far from an ordinary
loudspeaker - and that goes for the rear of its cabinet too.
Q Active 200 features rear-ring 114mm/4.5in subwoofer drivers
delivering fast, deep and beautifully organised bass. Q Active 400
features a pair of subwoofer drivers in order to double down on the
low-frequency action. The reason these drivers are concealed, and
the reason they’re arranged in the way they are, is all to do with Q
Acoustics’ determination to make Q Active easy to position and
simple to live with, as well as helping the system sound brilliantly
punchy and controlled.
Because the subwoofers re onto a xed boundary (the inside of the
rear panel), the bass response of Q Active is always ideal, always
perfect - no matter where in your room you decide to position the
speaker. There’s a carefully designed wave guide boundary for the
subwoofer to re onto, too, which means the dispersal characteristics
of the bass frequencies are always exactly as Q Acoustics prefers.
These two design elements mean that, even in positions where
conventional loudspeakers would sound hopelessly compromised,
Q Active is always performing exactly as its designers intended.
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Fixed Boundary Wave Guide
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Stunning Ground-Up Design
Versatile.
Rather than attempt to t one of its existing loudspeaker designs with
Sound.
electronics, Q Acoustics has designed Q Active from the ground up
with the express intent of delivering an utterly uncompromised
high-resolution audio system that looks as good as it sounds.
Design.
Creating an active high-resolution audio system from scratch has
A complete high-resolution
audio system that looks
as unique as it sounds.
allowed Q Acoustics to incorporate every possible audio source into
the compact, bespoke control hub and give Q Active all the exibility,
in terms of wireless audio sources, it needs. It means a complete
lack of compromise where acoustic engineering, as well as industrial
design, is concerned. And, ultimately, it means Q Acoustics has
been able to package an entire high-resolution audio system into
two good-looking and beautifully built speakers that sound just as
striking as they appear.
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Balance and Rigidity
‘Dart’ bracing in both the Q Active 200 and Q Active 400 cabinets
provides essential stiffness to the cabinet and equally helpful
mechanical stability to the rear-ring driver unit - both are extremely
good news when it comes to extracting optimal performance from the
speaker. And in Q Active 400, careful positioning of the two subwoofers
means standing waves inside the cabinet that might colour the sound
are effectively neutralised.
Unrivalled Acoustic Engineering
Meticulous attention to detail has produced a compact,
high-performance system that makes a distinctive visual statement -
but every element of Q Active has been engineered to deliver the best
performance possible.
As well as the panoramic, widescreen sound delivered by the BMR
arrangement and the deep, controlled bass served up by the carefully
specied and positioned subwoofers, Q Acoustics has paid
painstaking attention to the way the Q Active cabinet contributes to
the system’s outstanding sonic performance.
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DRIVERS INSIDE DRIVERS OUTSIDE
Tuned For Your
Listening Environment
Unlike most loudspeakers, Q Active is tuned to perform to its maximum
potential no matter where in your listening room it’s positioned.
And unlike most loudspeakers, Q Active is remarkably forgiving of
less-than-ideal placement. Its driver conguration means it’s one of the
most exible, as well as one of the best-sounding, speakers you can
buy at any price.
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Speaker Arrangement
There’s a switch on the back of each Q Active speaker to designate it as
either the left or the right channel. This means that the offset BMRs can be
positioned at the inside or the outside of the cabinets, allowing perfect
audio reproduction no matter if you’re sitting close to the speakers or far
away from them.
Boundary Setting
A second switch allows you to tell the speaker exactly where it’s
positioned in relation to the room close to a rear wall, in a corner,
or out in a little free space. This information allows Q Active to ne
tune its low frequency response in order to deliver the best possible
sound no matter the circumstances.
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Two Stunning Finishes Tensegrity Stands
Both Q Active 200 and Q Active 400 are available in a choice of nishes
- matte white or matte black. Both nishes are awlessly applied, both
are gently reective of ambient light, and both will enhance the interior
decor vocabulary of any home.
Q Active 200 Q Active 400*
Q Active 200 can be specified with a bespoke stand. Inspired by the
ground-breaking Tensegrity stand developed by Q Acoustics for its
high-end Concept 300 loudspeaker, the Q Active 200 stand minimises
resonance from the floor to the speaker cabinet (and vice-versa) thanks
to its remarkable low-mass, low-reflectivity design. And in addition to its
acoustic benefits, the stand’s minimal design is the perfect visual
complement to Q Active 200’s unique looks.
Matte black Matte black
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Matte white Matte white
*Available 2021.
Google and Chromecast built-in are trademarks of Google LLC.
Amazon, Alexa and all related logos are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
Apple, AirPlay, are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
The Bluetooth® word mark and logo are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and use of such marks by Armour Home Electronics Limited is under license.
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Specications
Q Active 200 (Stands Sold Separately) Q Active 400*
Acoustics Enclosure type Reex (ported) Reex (ported)
Full range driver 2 x BMR 58mm (2.25in) 2 x BMR 58mm (2.25in)
Subwoofer (high excursion) 1 x 114mm (4.5in) 2 x 114mm (4.5in)
Crossover frequency 150Hz TBC
System frequency response (free boundary) 46Hz to 20kHz (-6dB) TBC
Power (per speaker) Continuous power 100W TBC
Peak power 280W TBC
Power requirement Voltage range 100 - 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz 100 - 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
Weight and dimensions Dimensions (per speaker) H x W x D 284 x 170 x 290mm (11.2 x 6.7 x 11.4in) 825 x 320 x 290mm (32.5 x 12.6 x 11.4in) incl. spikes & stabiliser
Dimensions on stand H x W x D 922 x 286 x 338mm (36.3 x 11.3 x 13.3in) -
Wireless connectivity Bluetooth v4.1 Low Energy 17.5kg
Hi-Res Wireless Link frequency 5.8GHz 5.8GHz
Audio playback Sample frequency 96kHz 96kHz
Bit depth
Max Source Resolution
24bits 24bits
32bit/192kHz
32bit/192kHz
*Available 2021.
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