Description
- Uncompromised group up minimalist design created to look and sound spectacular
- Dynamic Widescreen soundstage – from all sources, delivered via 6 digitally controlled amplifiers, results in perfect timing and frequency distribution across all 6 drivers
- Innovative rear-firing concealed subwoofer delivers deep, powerful bass while making Q Active easy to position
- High fidelity sound with true wireless connectivity from multiple streaming services including Apple AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect and UPnP. Q Active is also Roon Ready.
- Discreet control hub means wireless access, enhanced performance and complete control of every source
- Integrate your TV, Turntable, games console and more into your wireless, music streaming system
- Voice control – Chromecast built in or Apple Siri for easy voice control
VERSTAILE. SOUND. DESIGN.
Bring your audio past and present into the future. In delivering an entire high-resolution audio system, one that serves up uncompromised audio quality while fitting 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. An entire high-resolution wireless audio system, delivering uncompromised hi-fi sound that fits conveniently and seamlessly into your lifestyle.
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY
Each Q Active system includes connectivity for Bluetooth 4.1, Apple AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect and UPnP. Q Active is also Roon Ready.
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.
The hub comes in two variants, Google "Chromecast built-in" or Amazon "Works with Alexa" enabled.
Q ACTIVE CONTROL
Available as a ‘Chromecast Built-In’ OR ‘Works with Alexa’ hub.
Q Active’s hub is the heart of the system and also supports physical formats and converts them into a high resolutions 24bit/96kHz digital file. The hub then streams this high-resolution audio file 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.
Turn Table: 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.
MULTIROOM AUDIO INTEGRATION
Whether you choose Google "Chromecast built-in", Amazon "Works with Alexa" Multi- Room Music, Apple AirPlay 2, 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.
VOICE CONTROL
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.
YOUR CHOICE OF CONTROL
As well as your choice of Google “Chromecast built-in”, Amazon “Works with Alexa” or Apple 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.
STUNNING HIGH RESOLUTION SOUND
Ground-up, imaginative design delivers uncompromised high-resolution sudio performance and exceptional value for money…
Audio can be described as “high resolution” if it consists of a digital audio format of greater than the CD-standard 16bit/44.1kHz. Q Active can support wireless streaming, whether from its control hub or via a smartphone, tablet or the like, at a huge native 24bit/96kHz. Q Active can also play 32bit/192kHz audio files from an appropriate source, downsampling them to its native 24bit/96kHz resolution before wirelessly delivering them to the speakers.
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
ACTIVE AMPLIFICATION
In a traditional, passive audio system there is one amplifier. It drives two speakers, which will have a total of at least four drivers. In the 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, specifically selected amplifier.
Using a total of six (or eight) discrete amplifiers, 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 amplification. As a result, Q Active is able to control each driver with accuracy and finesse which in short, means Q Active sounds bigger and more precise than you might think possible.
DYNAMIC WIDESCREEN SOUND
Q Active doesn't look unique simply for the sake of it. Q Acoustics wanted Q Active to deliver a widescreen sound with no compromise in stereo focus or soundstage, and specified Balanced Mode Radiators (BMRs).
BMRs 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. And, in addition to this widescreen presentation, BMRs deliver seamless midrange performance. Because they operate 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.
Offsetting the BMRs in the Q Active cabinet serves a function, too. It allows for a degree of fine-tuning in your listening room, as it’s possible to position the BMRs to the inside or the outside of the cabinets.
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 a rear-firing 114mm / (4.5in) subwoofer delivering fast, deep and beautifully organised bass. Q Active 400 features a pair of the subwoofers in order to double down on the low-frequency action. The reason these drivers are concealed, and the reason they are 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.
There is a carefully designed fixed ‘Wave guide’ boundary for the subwoofer to fire onto, too, which means the dispersal characteristics of the bass frequencies are always exactly as Q Acoustics prefers. Because the subwoofers fire onto a fixed 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.
DESIGN.
Ground-up, imaginative design delivers uncompromised high-resolution sudio performance and exceptional value for money.
Rather than attempt to fit one of its existing loudspeaker designs with 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.
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 specified and positioned subwoofers, Q Acoustics has paid painstaking attention to the way the Q Active cabinet contributes to the system’s outstanding sonic performance.
TUNED FOR YOUR 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 configuration means it’s one of the most flexible, as well as one of the best-sounding, speakers you can buy at any price.
SPEAKER ARRANGEMENT
Q Actives can be positioned with the BMRs either on 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. There’s a simple switch on the back of each Q Active speaker to designate it as either the left- or the right-hand channel.
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 fine-tune its low- frequency response in order to deliver the best possible sound no matter the circumstances.
In The Box
- 2 x Q Active 200 Speakers
- 1 x Q Active Hub
- 1 x Remote Control
- 1 x Manual
- Stands Sold Separately
Specifications
| Peak Power | 280W |
| Max Source Resolution | 32bit/192kHz |
| Sample Frequency | 96kHz |
| Bit Depth | 96kHz |
| Continuous Power | 100W |
| Crossover Frequency | 150Hz |
| Dimensions | (Per Speaker) H x W x D: 284 x 170 x 290mm (11.2 x 6.7 x 11.4in) | (Speaker on Stand) H x W x D 922 x 286 x 338mm (36.3 x 11.3 x 13.3in) |
| Enclosure Type | Reflex (ported) |
| Frequency Response | 46Hz to 20kHz (-6dB) |
| Mid Bass / Driver | 2 x BMR 58mm (2.25in) |
| Subwoofer | 1 x 114mm (4.5in) |
| Weight | Un-boxed weight (per speaker) 7.5kg |
Payment & Security
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Refund Policy
Refund Policy
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Returns
Our policy lasts 15 days. If 15 days have gone by since your purchase, unfortunately, we can’t offer you a refund or exchange.
To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.
Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned. We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.
Additional non-returnable items:
Gift cards
Downloadable software products
Some health and personal care items
To complete your return, we require a receipt or proof of purchase.
Please do not send your purchase back to the manufacturer.
There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted (if applicable)
Book with obvious signs of use
CD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened
Any item not in its original condition is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error
Any item that is returned more than 15 days after delivery
Refunds (if applicable)
Once your return is received and inspected, we will send you an email to notify you that we have received your returned item. We will also notify you of the approval or rejection of your refund.
If you are approved, then your refund will be processed, and a credit will automatically be applied to your credit card or original method of payment, within a certain amount of days.
Late or missing refunds (if applicable)
If you haven’t received a refund yet, first check your bank account again.
Then contact your credit card company, it may take some time before your refund is officially posted.
Next contact your bank. There is often some processing time before a refund is posted.
If you’ve done all of this and you still have not received your refund yet, please contact us at sanjay@audiomaxx.in
Sale items (if applicable)
Only regular-priced items may be refunded, unfortunately, sale / discounted items cannot be refunded.
Exchanges (if applicable)
We only replace items if they are defective or damaged. If you need to exchange it for the same item, send us an email at sanjay@audiomaxx.in and send your item to: 24, Kembros Estate, DP Road, Industrial Area, Sonapur, Bhandup West, , 400078 Mumbai MH, India.
Gifts
If the item was marked as a gift when purchased and shipped directly to you, you’ll receive a gift credit for the value of your return. Once the returned item is received, a gift certificate will be mailed to you.
If the item wasn’t marked as a gift when purchased, or the gift giver had the order shipped to themselves to give to you later, we will send a refund to the gift giver and he will find out about your return.
Additional Returns and Exchange Terms
1. Returns and Exchanges
At Audiomaxx India, we are committed to ensuring each customer has a hassle-free and enjoyable shopping experience. You may have received a Dead on Arrival or Malfunctioning Product, as such you must first approach the local service station of the concerned brand and seek remedy as per Warranty policy & terms of the company/brand wherein one can ask for free service, an exchange or refund for the former and only exchange for the latter with all spares & packaging.
2. Within how many days can most items shipped from Aduiomaxx be returned?
Most items shipped from Audiomaxx can be returned within 14 days of receipt of the shipment. However, certain products sold on Audiomaxx may have different policies that govern their return.
When you shop on the Audiomaxx website, we ensure that you have a smooth and easy returns experience. In the case of Refunds, we credit the entire amount that you have spent to your bank account.
3. When are returns not possible?
- There are certain conditions in which returns are not possible by Audiomaxx. These are when:
- The return request is made outside the specified time frame
- The product is damaged because of use
- The product is not in the same state as when you received it
- The item has been used and installed
- The product has been tampered with or has missing parts, accessories / serial numbers
- There is anything missing from the package you have received, including price tags, labels, and original packing.
4. When are refunds provided?
Audiomaxx provides refunds only when the product is dead on arrival and cannot be exchanged.
5. How do I cancel an order?
If you want to cancel your order, you need to get in touch with us along with your Order Number, before the item is shipped. On all such cancellation requests charge is applicable which varies from 5% to 10% depending on the product you want to cancel.
Shipping
To return your product, you should mail your product to: 24, Kembros Estate, DP Road, Industrial Area, Sonapur, Bhandup West, , 400078 Mumbai MH, India
You will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs for returning your item. Shipping costs are non-refundable. If you receive a refund, the cost of return shipping will be deducted from your refund.
Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you, may vary.
If you are shipping an item over Rs.5000, you should consider using a trackable shipping service or purchasing shipping insurance. We don’t guarantee that we will receive your returned item.
COVID-19 Business Update:
All pre-bookings, at the time of delivery rates as prevailing on that day, will be charged and the difference is any shall be payable before shipping.
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