Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

Audiovector QR 7 loudspeaker Specifications

Sidebar 1: Specifications

Description: Three-way, reflex-loaded, floorstanding loudspeaker. Drive units: two 8" (203mm) "Pure Piston" aluminum-sandwich woofers; one 6" (152mm) "Pure Piston" aluminum-sandwich midrange; 1.3" (33mm) × 2.4" (61mm) Air Motion Transformer (AMT) tweeter. Crossover frequencies: 425Hz, 3kHz. Frequency range: 28Hz–52kHz. Nominal impedance: 6 ohms. Sensitivity: 90.5dB/W/m. Power handling: 300W. Supplied accessories: carpet-piercing spikes.
Dimensions: 44.9" (1140mm) H × 9.85" (250mm) W × 15.75" (400mm) D. Weight: 79.65lb (36.2kg) each.
Finish: Dark Walnut, White Silk, Black Piano wood veneers.
Serial numbers of units reviewed: QR 7DWE 29002 (both). Designed and manufactured in Denmark.
Price: $6500/pair. Approximate number of US dealers: at least 10. Warranty: 5 years.
Manufacturer: F3/Audiovector ApS, Mileparken 22 A, DK-2740 Skovlunde, Denmark. Tel: +45 3539 6060. Web: audiovector.com.

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