Ooberpad announces the availability of the power-packed Q Acoustics Concept 500 Floorstanding Speaker. Meticulously designed to appeal to discerning audiophiles, the Concept 500 achieves a perfect balance between art and science. It is a loudspeaker that is at once, stylish, contemporary, fine-sounding and astonishingly accurate. It couples low directivity with wide bandwidth, good sensitivity and sensible impedance. This makes the new Concept 500 both room-friendly and an easy load to drive, allowing amplifiers to deliver their best performance.

To create a stereo soundstage that gives as good an impression of width, depth and height as that found in a live performance require top-notch quality drive units, a meticulously designed crossover and an accurately constructed cabinet. To achieve this, Q Acoustics formed a truly talented team with many years of experience in the design, engineering and manufacture of best-in-class loudspeakers. A synergy that resulted in a functionally sophisticated loudspeaker worthy of any high-end system.

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Key Features:

• The High-end Concept 500 Floorstanding Speakers adopt advanced, innovative technologies to deliver pure audio excellence and a sensational sound stage.
• The Concept 500 pairs Point-to-Point (P2P™) bracing to deal with low-frequency panel vibrations with Helmholtz Pressure Equalizers (HPE™) to balance out pressure irregularities.
• Three separate layers filled with a non-setting gel, which dampens the cabinet walls and converts higher frequency vibrations into heat for better performance.

Benefits of Q Acoustics Concept 500 Floorstanding Speaker: 

Path-Breaking Technologies Deliver Pure Audio Excellence

The Concept 500 adopts advanced, innovative technologies to deliver pure audio excellence and a sensational sound stage. Concept floor standing speakers couple low directivity with wide bandwidth, good sensitivity and sensible impedance, which makes them room-friendly and enables amplifiers to deliver their best performance. The Concept 500 pairs point-to-point (P2P™) bracing to deal with low-frequency panel vibrations with Helmholtz Pressure Equalizers (HPE™) to balance out pressure irregularities. Another component that facilitates less vibration and colouration is the cabinet build. Three separate layers are filled with a non-setting gel, which damps the cabinet walls and converts higher frequency vibrations into heat.

Point to Point Bracing 

A method, known as P2P™ (Point to Point) bracing, supports the parts of the cabinet that need to be stiffened to deal with low-frequency panel vibrations. Q Acoustics is able to measure the performance of the cabinet structure at a microscopic level and identifies the precise positions that need support. So the P2P targeted cabinet-bracing method means the cabinet has precisely the support it needs and no more. In this instance, a long and involved analysis of a problem results in a simple and remarkably effective solution.

Cabinet Plinth with a Deep Piano Gloss Finish

The cast aluminium base of the Concept 500 is designed without large flat areas or additional adornments to discourage unwanted acoustic reflections. The resulting elegant design is underpinned with a choice of carefully engineered feet to immovably couple the loudspeaker to any surface. Concept 500 is the embodiment of the elegant design, compatible with a contemporary living space and not specific to any particular style of interior. The appearance has been pared-back to be as clean looking as possible, with rear-mounted mid / bass drivers keeping the baffle uncluttered and embedded magnets securing the grille so no fixings are visible. The rear access panel has been constructed to maintain the integrity of the Dual Gelcore™ cabinet. The Concept 500 is equipped for bi-wiring or bi-amping with terminals that can accept bare wires, spades or 4 mm banana plugs. 

Gloss black or gloss white finishes have each been blended with Italian real-wood veneer, chosen for its consistency in colour and pattern. The veneer is utilized sparingly in a subtle strip to create a cabinet that is visually light and clean. The white gloss finish has been superbly paired with pale oak and the black gloss with deep rosewood. Multiple coats of lacquer have then been added to give a deep piano gloss finish.

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