Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

Audiovector QR 7 loudspeaker Associated Equipment

Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment

Analog source: Linn Sondek LP12 turntable with Lingo power supply, Linn Ekos tonearm, Linn Arkiv B cartridge, Channel D Seta L phono preamplifier.
Digital sources: Roon Nucleus+ file server; Ayre Acoustics C-5xe^MP universal player; MBL N31 CD player/DAC; Ayre Acoustics QA-9 A/D converter; NetGear Nighthawk router.
Power amplifiers: Parasound Halo JC 1+ monoblocks.
Loudspeakers: Q Acoustics Concept 50.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Vodka (Ethernet), AudioQuest Coffee (USB), DH Labs (1m, AES3). Interconnect: AudioQuest Wild Blue (balanced). Speaker: AudioQuest Robin Hood. AC: AudioQuest Dragon Source & High Current, manufacturers' own.
Accessories: 24"-high, single-pillar Celestion loudspeaker stands, Target TT-5 equipment racks; Ayre Acoustics Myrtle Blocks; ASC Tube Traps, RPG Abffusor panels; AudioQuest Fog Lifters cable supports; AudioQuest Niagara 5000 Low-Z Power/Noise-Dissipation System and AudioQuest Niagara 1000 Low-Z Power/Noise-Dissipation System (source components); HDPlex linear power supply for Roon Nucleus+. AC power comes from two dedicated 20A circuits, each just 6' from breaker box.
Room: 20' (left side), 25' (right side) × 16' × 8'.—John Atkinson

COMMENTS

Mimic of the Elac??

Submitted by georgehifi on August 25, 2022 - 1:37am

Seem to be almost a mimic of the German Elac, which I own and very impressed with also, have very similar driver construction aluminum sandwich no dust cap, planer/ribbon tweeter even measure similar.

https://www.elac.com/category/floorstanding-speakers/vela-fs409/

Then there's Elac's big boys
https://www.elac.com/category/floorstanding-speakers/concentro/

Cheers George

Really?

Submitted by DougM on August 25, 2022 - 2:01pm

Monitor Audio made their Platinum series flootstanders with similar drivers 15 years ago. By your criteria, then Elac is copying them. There are many companies making 3 way floorstanders with dual woofers, a midrange, and an AMT tweeter, and no one is copying anyone else. Is every company using a compression horn tweeter copying Altec and JBL? And, FYI, an AMT and a ribbon are NOT the same thing. What ridiculous statements and post

Comparison with Monitor Audio

Submitted by DavidMA on August 27, 2022 - 2:17pm

Yes, except these are probably more comparable to the Monitor Audio Gold - 3-way, 4 drivers. Reviewed not too long ago in Stereophile: https://www.stereophile.com/content/monitor-audio-gold-300-loudspeaker

Both have two woofers, a midrange, and an AMT. The prices are comparable - $6,500 vs $7,000. Would make for an interesting side-by-side.

tweeters

Submitted by windansea on August 25, 2022 - 9:27am

AMTs seem to be popping up more and more. I'm seeing more AMTs than ribbons now. And there are still the dome holdouts like Wilson and Marten.

By your criteria, then Elac is copying Musical Fidelity

Submitted by georgehifi on August 27, 2022 - 7:11pm

Maybe, but from memory they (MF) didn't make their drivers in house, they could all be getting them from the same manufacturer.

Cheers George

Correction: More info, just found from the history pages Elac make their own:
"All ELAC Aluminium Sandwich drivers are designed, engineered and manufactured in-house at our facility in Kiel, Northern Germany
is made of composite fiber bonded to a 0.2 mm layer of aluminum foil in ELAC’s proprietary “Aluminium (aluminum) Sandwich Technology”

http://elac.ro/ELAC%20gallery/ELAC%20as/elac%20as%20mix.jpg

Cheers George