Q Acoustics 5020 Bookshelf Speaker
Q Acoustics 5020 Bookshelf Speakers
Experience all the scale and power of your favourite music without letting your loudspeaker dominate your room. The 5020 standmounting speaker will put you right in the heart of the music without putting itself at the heart of your space.
Awards & Reviews
August 2023 "The highlight is how each and every frequency is melded and fitted together like sonic Lego…given that right song they can have you balling in tears…The 5020s plug you into the soul of the music." The Audiophile Man, Deeply Groovy Award
June 2023 "The Q Acoustics 5020 are very well-balanced speakers that veer tonally slightly on the warm side with great resolution, good dynamics and a wide soundstage...They also pair well with a wide variety of amplifiers and won’t embarrass themselves as you upgrade electronics down the line. In a highly competitive market segment with many alternatives, this makes them pretty special and puts then in a very select group. Outstanding." A British Audiophile, Outstanding Award
June 2023 "Both a talented speaker in its own right and an intriguing taster of what is to come. The 5020 is right up at the top of the tree for £600 standmounts; an even handed, articulate, room friendly little box of fun in the great Q Acoustics tradition… The 5020 might be glimpse of the future but, in the here and now, it’s a tremendous new arrival and an indisputable Best Buy. " AVForums, Best Buy Award
May 2023 "Across a wide selection of voices and instruments, the 5020 sounds unforced and believable...The result is that Q Acoustics ‘completes’ its range in fine style...That clever new mid/bass driver points to some interesting further developments to come as well. The company might now have an offering for every terrestrial price point, but it feels like it’s just getting started." Hi-Fi Choice, 5 Stars, Recommended Award
May 2023 "When you consider the build quality, sonic performance, and value for the money from a brand that is really creating some of the best affordable loudspeakers in the world right now — the Q Acoustics 5020 are a very wise long-term choice." ecoustics
May 2023 "…the 5020’s sound feels like a cohesive whole...this is another zinger from Q Acoustics: a great-looking and musically entertaining speaker." Trusted Reviews, 5 Stars, Highly Recommended Award
April 2023 "For anyone looking to upgrade from entry-level standmount or bookshelf speakers, the Q Acoustic’s 5000 Series is a bargain. There’s a lot of bang for your buck with these new speakers and I look forward to hearing how the floorstanding 5040 speakers perform. Highly Recommended." Forbes
April 2023 "The separation of the instruments, especially in the mid -range and upper bass, is spectacular…that’s the thing with this speaker, you really start hearing things that you probably won’t hear on other speakers…the Q Acoustics 5020 is one of the better speakers I’ve heard…for near field listening this could be the end game speaker for some people…worth every penny." Cheap Audio Man
The new 5000 series from Q Acoustics is a range of stereo and home theatre 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.
The reductive nature of the C3 Continuous Curved Cone’s™ appearance is also reflected in the 5000 series minimalist design, with its sophisticated but contemporary lines leaning towards the elegant form of the latest Concept speaker series. The baffle fronts are laminated with a layer of butyl rubber and black acrylic trim, not only to provide a damping layer to suppress vibration occurring in the baffle, but to offer an eye-catching counterpoint to the cosmetically clean front presentation uninterrupted by any fixings.
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).
Finishes
The 5050 floorstanding speakers are available in four stylish and durable, high-quality finishes of Satin White, Holm Oak, Santos Rosewood and Satin Black.
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.
P2P™ (Point to Point) Bracing
Q Acoustics P2P™ (Point to Point) bracing used throughout the 5000 series supports the parts of the enclosure that need to be stiffened making the new enclosures exceptionally rigid, improving the focus of the stereo image and giving the soundstage more accuracy than ever before.
HPE™ (Helmholtz Pressure Equalizer)
HPE™ (Helmholtz Pressure Equalizer) technology designed to convert pressure to velocity and reduce the overall pressure gradient within the speaker enclosure, has been applied to the 5050 floorstanding speakers only to reduce cabinet resonance. This technology is perfect for taller loudspeakers that tend to resonate at a single favoured frequency.
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 125 mm / 5.0 Inches
- Treble Unit: 25 mm / 1.0 Inches
- Frequency Response: 53 Hz – 30 kHz
- Nominal Impedance: 6 Ω
- Minimum Impedance: 3.3 Ω
- Sensitivity: 87.8 dB/w/m
- Recommended Amplifier Power: 25 – 100 W
- Crossover Frequency: 2.5 kHz
- Effective Volume: 6.8 L
- Overall Dimensions H/W/D: 284 x 180 x 293 mm
- Overall Dimensions H/W/D: 11.2 x 7.1 x 11.5 Inches
- Weight Per Speaker: 7.0 kg /15.4 lb
What's in the box:
- 2 x 5020 Bookshelf Speakers
- 2 x Foam Bungs
- 2 x Speaker Grilles
- 1 x User Manual
- 8 x Rubber Speaker Grips
