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How do these compare to Klipsch The Nines? Regarding "fun to listen to." Don't care about absolute reproduction, just want something lively and engaging.
I bought the Klipsch The Fives for my desk and never looked back! I used to swap out my speakers every few months until I got The Fives. They are amazing!!!
An appendix is probably not entirely useless. Think of it kind of like a spare tire for intestinal flora. If there is a "nuclear" event (such as illness or antibiotics) that wipes out the digestive bugs in your gut, then the appendix can serve as a backup reservoir to help restore them. This analogy to a spare tire might even go a bit further, since it is considered unnecessary in many modern cars and has been removed and replaced with an inflator full of goo. Unfortunately this won't help in a "nuclear" event such as rubbing a curb that shreds your tire and leaves you stranded for hours. Not that I'm bitter about losing spare tires or appendices 🤕
I know it's 'floor standing' but the tweeter is pointing at your knees if your sitting or at your feet if your lounging. Neither case is supposed to be right as in tweeter on axis with your ears. I'd think it would be mandatory to put them on top of something to bring the tweeter up to ear level in the interest of optimizing placement. Or, alternately as I keep mentioning after all the raves about the KLH 5, on an up tilting stand. Put a brick under the front edge and aim at your ear height, toe in to taste. 5 minutes. Undoubtedly this should effect the bass but maybe in a good way or if a bad or reduced way, adjust.
I wish there were more speakers like these that are fine without a subwoofer. I don't mind a subwoofer in a home theater setting but I find them annoying for most other areas of the house.
@@eddiehawkins7049 how do you get to know your favorite dance songs if not at home, in a party isn´t where you get to know what are the details of the song or it doesn´t matter to you what they play , i can´t conceive the fact of not hearing it at home, i kind of, don´t undertand what you mean by that, one spends hours making a song than no one listens to it unless is played in a club or party, normally i´m high or drunk well , none of the refered situations as i stoped all my drug comsuption when i made 50, as i stoped being a dj for 35 years when in 2005 but sometimes i do compose new dance songs, so i shouldn´t care only the about the beat and random sounds thrown there and that ´s it?
I own a pair of Audio Pro A48 powered towers and think they are great. A hundred bucks more than these but have a few more bells and whistles, like e-arc input and separate discreet amps for mids and tweeters.
Okay, I will give it to you on this one. However, I DID say that my upper spending limit (absolute) on a tower speaker would be $1500. These come in at $1000 AND it has a built in 100watt amp. I know that you do hype up the Q acoustic speakers, but others can back it up. So, I would say that this is a perfect example of finding a good value piece of hi-fi gear. I do like the sleek thin design and not needing a subwoofer is a huge plus and you definitely save more over a bookshelf system. I am amazed that you can get that low in the low end roll off of the frequency response, with only a 5.25" woofer. I thought you would AT LEAST need a 6.5" woofer to get down that low. Seems like a nice find for us folks that want good sound but don't want to pay an arm and a leg for it.
I have always cut speakers cables to the same length. But now I see it does not matter. Now we can say cable does not matter as we are using only one here and can't change both (length, material and type). Elac Navis is better, they have amp in each speaker and I using equal xlr cables to left and right speaker.
@@RUfromthe40s Yes, like a mono blocks. They are using analog signal (RCA/XLR), so you can use preamp , or DAC with volume control of your choice. I`m using NAD C658 with DIrac Live, cause I have some room issues. But thinking about Eversolo DMP-A8 as an upgrade.
@@ivanmelkner7704 but i´m not aware of NAD material but in late 70´s i bought a really good sounding integrated amplifier it even had written with designed letters New Acoutic Dimension with power meters with needles, today i don´t know about new NAD material, but the Eversolo DMP-A8 is a very complete device only the display i ´m not fan of many colours together , but a way to go ,it´s a very nice working DAC ,streamer and pre-amplifier , some years ago i bought for the first time in my life a Magnat receiver with all inside and including tube pre-amp a MA900 with some transpull 1500 speakers also from Magnat and i retired my ES-3000 system from Pioneer bought in 74 (400 Dolla)in my living room, and i stoped hearing my dutch and deútsch friends saying for me to try Magnat speakers since late 70´s, some are retired or better say some are still alive and living close to me, in suunny all year around interior south of Portugal with a distance of 117 kms from not touched by human hand beaches in south atlantic coast, and still like camping i´m inside a home all year around , some years ago we even made a three day party at a beach that even a DJ came from Denmark and many others for all days ,day and night , some russian guys i met them at a litle village 12 kms from where i was and they were very polite and without money they went by the coast 12kms where the party was and three days later i was thinking of giving them a ride till the 12kms far camping where they were but some told me they had just left , tough skinny guys
@themarksmanABP I really have no complaints. I'm listening to vinyl so you have to consider different quality, production types and years etc. This is the first time since I was a kid that I've set this kind of thing up. If I had any negative is that on some records the vocals are a little bit much but overall I'm very happy.
Great solution for the right person. I wonder do the highs get harsh or is the bass being cut by the DSP to protect the woofers? Lot of of powered speakers will use DSP to extend the bass output up to a certain output level and then cut it at higher levels to protect the speaker.
Check out "A British Audiophile" Tarun on TH-cam, in his review of the M20s he explains how the digital throughput without a DAC works, basically the PCM stream converts to PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) in the amplifier section, so the conversion to analogue occurs at the last stage in the Class D amp, so the digital signal integrity is maintained with no conversion losses.
the problem starts in convertion , i´m aware of digital gear as i started in 1989 when i didn´t knew cds sounded horrible , meanwhile the DAT still is the best digital sound for home use , how about forgeting the litle 70´s dish and start selling DAT tapes ,pre-recorded ones as they did with decrease of sound with minidisc and it would be a improvement if using 80´s dat technology i remenber when first starting to use DAT i even compared it to Reels, i do like good sound no matter if digital or analog ,only don´t like sand thrown to my eyes, like i looked for a lot of good and expensive cd players that are modern and expensive ,only when looking at the specifications some weren´t as good as my Pioneers from the 90´s but i have a CEC belt driven that is above all i checked, ofered to me in 96 maybe and discover that they are still sold for 36.000€ ,yes that´s when my jaw fell to the ground and eyes almost got out of is sockets ,cartoon type
Great review :) I'm a fan of powered speakers and soundbars, I know you are not about to start reviewing soundbars! But it's nice to see a review of these.
there good ones mainly from B&W and Mission and Infinity, in 2nd hand i made a real great deal with some CDM7 from B&W also the 603 S2 or S3 are very good , Mission have some with wood tower and in the front leather finished and sound amazing with a regular amplifier not too expensive, but in the 90´s pioneer sold some prologue with incredible good sound and finished in the best materials with a very good powerfull and clean sound ,rare to appear in 2nd hand as they were not that much bought due to it´s price but were really good
and the price after all was not as expensive as other brands speakers with less quality ,what about the AT-100 from Cerwin-vega ,late 80´s catalog ,400watts at 4ohms maybe 4 ways speakers boxy type but hear them ,then tell me about their sound and how good they are comprared to any tower speakers even made yesterday
For a price I would like them too. But the tweeters are no where near ear level unless I sit on the floor. You were going to discuss that but I didn’t hear it if you did.
Fantastic review, I’ll definitely let my appendix decide next time I listen to music 😂. Thank you for that song that somehow ended on your playlist, now it is on mine as well 🤩. Great content as always, keep up the great work 😊
when you say large i remenber my 60´s tube amplifier with a turntable from thorens 60´s professional line with a old shure cartridge with huge but nice 70 watts sounding and the sound seems to spread wider to the point of one looking at the speakers and some sounds seem to come from between the two speakers space without having there any speaker, headphones style ,if they are good or a perfect stereo image i once conected there a cd player and the sound become narrow and was a 90´s just bought Rega planet , or just say the sounds seem to come from where ever they were from the air in the room, when hearing old beatles records in mono the sound seem to came from the air , if one looked to the speakers the sound didn´t seem to come from there, in english is what i can express myself better or explain it, two speakers in mono
The most wonderful segment of audio for audiophiles like me has nothing to do with Wilson loudspeakers. If I bought Wilson loudspeakers ,with home equity money, no matter how good they were I would not experience the same jaw-dropping emotional high that an inexpensive speaker defying physics and my lifetime of learned audio expectations might deliver by trumping all those expectations with superior sound. That is about the only way I can feel a real emotional audiophile high. Keep pointing out products in this important category that I wholly do not expect to see in Stereophile, The Absolute Sound, What-hifi, or even the more mainstream Sound&Vision.
Off topic but my vizio v51-h6 's sub blew a few years ago well my truck engine fid too a week a go and I wired my subs to 4ohm and used the wires from the 5 inch sub and it works like crazy good could be louder granted it thinks a 5 inch is being used not 2 12s 😂
Amp problems will always arise. They are throwaway. How many dead definitive speakers do you always see on Facebook where they say one tower sounds great? These are bot for long-term use. I have a pair of 30 year old mirage speakers that still sound amazing. In 30 years. These will be in a junk yard.
i have them from the 60´s and sound a lot better than cheaper ones sold today and two difrent types, if 1970 counts i have some just restored altec lansing bought then by my father ,big ones
I will have to check out these speakers! Great review!! As usual, love your insight into audio products!! Question on WiiM inputs. I use WiiM on old vintage receivers from the 70's. Love the upgrade!! And I know you are a big fan! Question, output of WiiM goes to aux input on receiver. This allows me to stream from my iPhone. To listen to FM radio in receiver, I have to manually switch input selector on receiver. CAN I take a tape out connector on receiver and plug that into the AUX in on WiiM? Then I could select both sources from WiiM APP... would love your thoughts! Keep up the great work!!
I bought these when they first came out. They lasted about 5 minutes and then died. The company wouldn't even send me another pair. They just said send them back and they'll get me a refund
Don't think that was the target audience for this product by Q-Acoustics. Methinks music reproduction is the higher prioriity for any audio company like this. My 2 cents.
Powered subwoofers have input-sensing circuitry, but that causes them to turn off at very low volumes, which is probably why they didn’t go with it. When it comes to arc/e-arc you would need to have a dedicated HDMI input
Sorry but once I heard powered speakers it was goodnight. I prefer separate components especially when it comes to speakers and amps. I tried it once and I’m done. The amp eventually goes or needs work and I’m not an EE. QA looks like they have other quality passive speakers so they are a possibility. Thanks and rock on!
Hey, Randy, I see you are running out of cheap stuff to review... How about a Bluetooth speakers for a picnic? Something with at least a tweeter and not just 1 crappy woofer that sounds like a tin can? $20-100? Off Ali or Temu?
I have tiny (passive) towers in my small bedroom: Emotiva T0+’s. They sound fantastic. Good amount of bass. They rock my gall bladder. Perfect speakers for the space. They very well priced too.
Is 39 @ -6 that good? Haven’t heard them so I’m actually curious. There are multiple PSB and Polk models that will dip below 40 @ -3. And there are DTs that will drop to 32-34. Am I missing something here? And at that height, how does that impact listening position?
Does it have drivers? All I saw was a box with what looked like a cloth grill on it. And they look a little low to the floor for my liking. Like the tweeters would be below ear level sitting down. Anyway powered speakers aren't my cup of tea either.
i hear them in my torax as the cartilage moves to the bass kick, if i heard them on my apendix if the one i´m thinking of i´ll go straight away to my Phisician
I´M NOT ..... english spoken language could you show us a photo of the apendix getting to URANUS , apendix must be a modern spaceship with turbo diesel engine , dirtying space with CO2 but i think it´s ok , reduced emissions engine
good speakers have perfect bass kick release no need for subwoofers (it came to my mind fresh made baguettes with presunto spanish "pata negra" excelent)i have several systems but never bought a surround AV receiver 2.1 or 5.2 or whatever that means, but i remenber in 74 "amazing surround sound" ,it had matrix 4, with four speakers, remenber watching apocalypse now with my companion in early 80´s video beta and i started to fall asleep but when explosions happen i would wake up feeling i was still in the army in the war in Africa from which i runned from in the first license after wondering because seeing so many less than 20 years old dying by my side, i somehow was alive and went to hamburg in germany that i thought in the 60´s it was the town where hamburgers were created but i was wrong and at the time eating a hamburger felt like a modern way of eating red flesh, no need for a dish or fork and knife, but beer there was a lot also sausages and Saurcroute (don´t try it if you haven´t done it yet i ´m just warning )but i was used to drink SAGRES which was stronger , i used to think in 67 that maybe when i would be 50, i could enter ilegally in my country to see my family but somehow and it was a mistake and was it was suposed to be a ask for better wages from militar oficial personel a revolution happened in my country and in 74 in the summer there i was at the beach but the beach had more girls from Germany and Netherlands and France than from Portugal , my country, where there was none if correctelly describing it and they seem to do not have the concept of clothes or at least swiming suit , but was happy to live there on the beach for three monthes June , Jully and August, in Setember i was going to a diferent region with hot water in the beach and my grandmother making me the best food i ever tasted and sleep a lot and at 5 in the afternoon i would walk to the beach where all had swiming suits and i had returned from japan with a new pioneer system with a turntable and a open reel deck from akai, the ES-3000 but seems equal to the ES-2000 the one with amazing surround sound with matrix 4
Well my expectations were shattered as well. Crutchfiued just listed the specs for pre-order Wiim Amp Pro and it does not support Airplay....BOOOOO! Wanted to go to smaller amp streamer combo to make my MASTER bedroom system more compact but maintain inter device connectivity. Currently use largish Onkyo integrated and power amps with Wiim Pro (2) and external DACs Might dump all and go to Blusound Powernode (two needed). It will be a smaller and cleaner look. Will lose the EQ though. What do I do with all the old equipment? Broken hearted in Tennessee!
@@HareDeLune if litle is better i´m not sure but try the mision 761 from late 80´s 4ohms impedance, maybe the best ever made till certain price and they sound either then perfect , loud . Than there´s the same years AT-100 from Cerwin-Vega also extremelly perfect and 4ohms too, both high sensitivity, many DB´s
Q acoustic had always very good speakers but far from being cheap ,1.000 dolla a pair, trés beaucoup(like in the movie "full metal jacket")don´t tell me it means nothing or do tell , that is freedom even if you´re totally wrong ,please do
Well lucky you!! If you love the fact you've been wrong, there's a lot to look forward to. Snice you know next to nothing about audio, I foresee a lot of these videos in your future.
yes, i also was open like a fish and after when recovering they told me that they have removed the large entestine that was damaged , i only asked my self still very high with a opiod anestetic , is that good for my stomac hernia?
I liked this cool review! Then you had 666 likes whoops! Sorry! Seriously though I am definitely going to start looking for Q here in Japan! Probably have to go down to Akihabara which is only 30kms from my front door! Please keep on creating! I really enjoy your videos! I was Chief Engineer for Technicolor Disney out here and swore by Genelec’s put them in all the edit suites. However at home Yamaha or those Sony’s you love have intrigued. Q don’t seem to be here in Japan… I will check and get back to you!😂
@@Audiodreamer192-24 Saves space where it's at a premium Many people living in smaller homes now so traditional hi Fi racks are much less common, here in UK anyway 🇬🇧
Ok spaces getting smaller….. but…. When we’re talking about a few separate components I don’t think thats a legitimate argument because if you can fit these tower speakers then you can fit some components between them. I mean…. Come on let’s be real here…..
Yep. Dumping one channel after another. Many of us PAY MONEY to TH-cam so we don't have to watch banal advertising. Then you stick in the body of your videos anyway. For profit. If you don't make enough money from your videos, make better videos. taking money to put ads in the middle of your content is nothing but greed. Keep forcing the built-in advertising-for-profit on us, and we go away.... like this: ~Poof!~
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How do these compare to Klipsch The Nines? Regarding "fun to listen to." Don't care about absolute reproduction, just want something lively and engaging.
I bought the Klipsch The Fives for my desk and never looked back! I used to swap out my speakers every few months until I got The Fives. They are amazing!!!
An appendix is probably not entirely useless. Think of it kind of like a spare tire for intestinal flora. If there is a "nuclear" event (such as illness or antibiotics) that wipes out the digestive bugs in your gut, then the appendix can serve as a backup reservoir to help restore them. This analogy to a spare tire might even go a bit further, since it is considered unnecessary in many modern cars and has been removed and replaced with an inflator full of goo. Unfortunately this won't help in a "nuclear" event such as rubbing a curb that shreds your tire and leaves you stranded for hours. Not that I'm bitter about losing spare tires or appendices 🤕
I appreciate your explanation, but your use of 'nuclear event' regarding one's intestines unpleasantly reminds me of my last colonoscopy 😂
@@danieljohnson6370 Thank God we only have to be Roto-Rooted every 5 to 10 years!
@@danieljohnson6370 .
Unless you were awake, how can you be reminded of an event you don't remember?
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I was out like a light. Easy-peasy.
@@TriAmpHiFi The prep tho
Tiny tower truthfully titillates tailbone
I know it's 'floor standing' but the tweeter is pointing at your knees if your sitting or at your feet if your lounging. Neither case is supposed to be right as in tweeter on axis with your ears. I'd think it would be mandatory to put them on top of something to bring the tweeter up to ear level in the interest of optimizing placement. Or, alternately as I keep mentioning after all the raves about the KLH 5, on an up tilting stand. Put a brick under the front edge and aim at your ear height, toe in to taste. 5 minutes. Undoubtedly this should effect the bass but maybe in a good way or if a bad or reduced way, adjust.
I wish there were more speakers like these that are fine without a subwoofer. I don't mind a subwoofer in a home theater setting but I find them annoying for most other areas of the house.
never i thought of having a subwoofer ,the bass is so high already thaT I HAVE TO TURN THE BASS ON THE TONE CONTROLS FOR THE LEFT
You don't want the bass to obliterate the mid details though. Balanced is key, even with dance music 🇬🇧
I've never understood why people want to listen to dance music in their home.
@@eddiehawkins7049 Housework goes better with some propulsion. Music makes you move and has done so for hundreds of years.
@@eddiehawkins7049 how do you get to know your favorite dance songs if not at home, in a party isn´t where you get to know what are the details of the song or it doesn´t matter to you what they play , i can´t conceive the fact of not hearing it at home, i kind of, don´t undertand what you mean by that, one spends hours making a song than no one listens to it unless is played in a club or party, normally i´m high or drunk well , none of the refered situations as i stoped all my drug comsuption when i made 50, as i stoped being a dj for 35 years when in 2005 but sometimes i do compose new dance songs, so i shouldn´t care only the about the beat and random sounds thrown there and that ´s it?
@@michaelrossmaessler200 i do everything at the sound of music even when i go to sleep and wake up in the morning
@@eddiehawkins7049 Part of the history of the top 40.
So disco 1980s, Club music compilations late 90s early 2000s Eg Ministry of Sound, Kiss Ibiza 🎶
I own a pair of Audio Pro A48 powered towers and think they are great. A hundred bucks more than these but have a few more bells and whistles, like e-arc input and separate discreet amps for mids and tweeters.
Okay, I will give it to you on this one. However, I DID say that my upper spending limit (absolute) on a tower speaker would be $1500. These come in at $1000 AND it has a built in 100watt amp. I know that you do hype up the Q acoustic speakers, but others can back it up. So, I would say that this is a perfect example of finding a good value piece of hi-fi gear. I do like the sleek thin design and not needing a subwoofer is a huge plus and you definitely save more over a bookshelf system. I am amazed that you can get that low in the low end roll off of the frequency response, with only a 5.25" woofer. I thought you would AT LEAST need a 6.5" woofer to get down that low. Seems like a nice find for us folks that want good sound but don't want to pay an arm and a leg for it.
I have always cut speakers cables to the same length. But now I see it does not matter. Now we can say cable does not matter as we are using only one here and can't change both (length, material and type). Elac Navis is better, they have amp in each speaker and I using equal xlr cables to left and right speaker.
like mono blocks , is it?and XLr cables are the better
@@RUfromthe40s Yes, like a mono blocks. They are using analog signal (RCA/XLR), so you can use preamp , or DAC with volume control of your choice. I`m using NAD C658 with DIrac Live, cause I have some room issues. But thinking about Eversolo DMP-A8 as an upgrade.
@@ivanmelkner7704 but i´m not aware of NAD material but in late 70´s i bought a really good sounding integrated amplifier it even had written with designed letters New Acoutic Dimension with power meters with needles, today i don´t know about new NAD material, but the Eversolo DMP-A8 is a very complete device only the display i ´m not fan of many colours together , but a way to go ,it´s a very nice working DAC ,streamer and pre-amplifier , some years ago i bought for the first time in my life a Magnat receiver with all inside and including tube pre-amp a MA900 with some transpull 1500 speakers also from Magnat and i retired my ES-3000 system from Pioneer bought in 74 (400 Dolla)in my living room, and i stoped hearing my dutch and deútsch friends saying for me to try Magnat speakers since late 70´s, some are retired or better say some are still alive and living close to me, in suunny all year around interior south of Portugal with a distance of 117 kms from not touched by human hand beaches in south atlantic coast, and still like camping i´m inside a home all year around , some years ago we even made a three day party at a beach that even a DJ came from Denmark and many others for all days ,day and night , some russian guys i met them at a litle village 12 kms from where i was and they were very polite and without money they went by the coast 12kms where the party was and three days later i was thinking of giving them a ride till the 12kms far camping where they were but some told me they had just left , tough skinny guys
'Tiny Tower looms large over the competition'. 😂😂 Thanks for sharing this with us all with your catchy title. Take care, Sir.
I've had my M40s for just a few days and have them hooked up to my turntable. They sound bloody awesome, I'm a big fan.
How is the clarity and detail sound quality? Vocals sound good?
@themarksmanABP I really have no complaints. I'm listening to vinyl so you have to consider different quality, production types and years etc. This is the first time since I was a kid that I've set this kind of thing up. If I had any negative is that on some records the vocals are a little bit much but overall I'm very happy.
Great solution for the right person.
I wonder do the highs get harsh or is the bass being cut by the DSP to protect the woofers? Lot of of powered speakers will use DSP to extend the bass output up to a certain output level and then cut it at higher levels to protect the speaker.
Anything from Q Acoustics is always worth a listen.
Tiny speakers tower over the competition. You're welcome.
i only say AT-100 . win win , look for them
Check out "A British Audiophile" Tarun on TH-cam, in his review of the M20s he explains how the digital throughput without a DAC works, basically the PCM stream converts to PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) in the amplifier section, so the conversion to analogue occurs at the last stage in the Class D amp, so the digital signal integrity is maintained with no conversion losses.
the problem starts in convertion , i´m aware of digital gear as i started in 1989 when i didn´t knew cds sounded horrible , meanwhile the DAT still is the best digital sound for home use , how about forgeting the litle 70´s dish and start selling DAT tapes ,pre-recorded ones as they did with decrease of sound with minidisc and it would be a improvement if using 80´s dat technology i remenber when first starting to use DAT i even compared it to Reels, i do like good sound no matter if digital or analog ,only don´t like sand thrown to my eyes, like i looked for a lot of good and expensive cd players that are modern and expensive ,only when looking at the specifications some weren´t as good as my Pioneers from the 90´s but i have a CEC belt driven that is above all i checked, ofered to me in 96 maybe and discover that they are still sold for 36.000€ ,yes that´s when my jaw fell to the ground and eyes almost got out of is sockets ,cartoon type
Yep, I have Kef q550's love them, live in a 600sq ft apt and Kef is sold out of them in Canada. $449 each canadian a steal.
After all these years, you still make me laugh.
Great review :) I'm a fan of powered speakers and soundbars, I know you are not about to start reviewing soundbars! But it's nice to see a review of these.
there good ones mainly from B&W and Mission and Infinity, in 2nd hand i made a real great deal with some CDM7 from B&W also the 603 S2 or S3 are very good , Mission have some with wood tower and in the front leather finished and sound amazing with a regular amplifier not too expensive, but in the 90´s pioneer sold some prologue with incredible good sound and finished in the best materials with a very good powerfull and clean sound ,rare to appear in 2nd hand as they were not that much bought due to it´s price but were really good
and the price after all was not as expensive as other brands speakers with less quality ,what about the AT-100 from Cerwin-vega ,late 80´s catalog ,400watts at 4ohms maybe 4 ways speakers boxy type but hear them ,then tell me about their sound and how good they are comprared to any tower speakers even made yesterday
For a price I would like them too. But the tweeters are no where near ear level unless I sit on the floor. You were going to discuss that but I didn’t hear it if you did.
You mention one 5" driver per speaker. They have (2) 5" drivers per speaker.
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Great review as always. Is the tiny height in itself not a concern as wont the speakers be aiming well under your ear height?
Fantastic review, I’ll definitely let my appendix decide next time I listen to music 😂. Thank you for that song that somehow ended on your playlist, now it is on mine as well 🤩. Great content as always, keep up the great work 😊
when you say large i remenber my 60´s tube amplifier with a turntable from thorens 60´s professional line with a old shure cartridge with huge but nice 70 watts sounding and the sound seems to spread wider to the point of one looking at the speakers and some sounds seem to come from between the two speakers space without having there any speaker, headphones style ,if they are good or a perfect stereo image i once conected there a cd player and the sound become narrow and was a 90´s just bought Rega planet , or just say the sounds seem to come from where ever they were from the air in the room, when hearing old beatles records in mono the sound seem to came from the air , if one looked to the speakers the sound didn´t seem to come from there, in english is what i can express myself better or explain it, two speakers in mono
Active… slender… short….
I’ll bet these push as good as they can for the build and internals.
That Klaeida Think song is one I grabbed during John Wick and it's been one of test songs for new personal gear ever since heh. Great song.
Good morning, Randy. I have been waiting for this one. Suggested these for my brother's living room. Just forwarded him the link. Thanks!!
The most wonderful segment of audio for audiophiles like me has nothing to do with Wilson loudspeakers. If I bought Wilson loudspeakers ,with home equity money, no matter how good they were I would not experience the same jaw-dropping emotional high that an inexpensive speaker defying physics and my lifetime of learned audio expectations might deliver by trumping all those expectations with superior sound. That is about the only way I can feel a real emotional audiophile high. Keep pointing out products in this important category that I wholly do not expect to see in Stereophile, The Absolute Sound, What-hifi, or even the more mainstream Sound&Vision.
Off topic but my vizio v51-h6 's sub blew a few years ago well my truck engine fid too a week a go and I wired my subs to 4ohm and used the wires from the 5 inch sub and it works like crazy good could be louder granted it thinks a 5 inch is being used not 2 12s 😂
Amp problems will always arise. They are throwaway. How many dead definitive speakers do you always see on Facebook where they say one tower sounds great? These are bot for long-term use. I have a pair of 30 year old mirage speakers that still sound amazing. In 30 years. These will be in a junk yard.
i have them from the 60´s and sound a lot better than cheaper ones sold today and two difrent types, if 1970 counts i have some just restored altec lansing bought then by my father ,big ones
Are you going to say "Goose" or what... You said DAC, DAC and I'm waiting for Goose...
I will have to check out these speakers! Great review!! As usual, love your insight into audio products!! Question on WiiM inputs. I use WiiM on old vintage receivers from the 70's. Love the upgrade!! And I know you are a big fan! Question, output of WiiM goes to aux input on receiver. This allows me to stream from my iPhone. To listen to FM radio in receiver, I have to manually switch input selector on receiver. CAN I take a tape out connector on receiver and plug that into the AUX in on WiiM? Then I could select both sources from WiiM APP... would love your thoughts! Keep up the great work!!
I bought these when they first came out. They lasted about 5 minutes and then died. The company wouldn't even send me another pair. They just said send them back and they'll get me a refund
How does the Klipsch The Sevens compare to these?
I tried those at a show ... it was surprising ... tho I mean ... there's no miracle
The lack of e-arc or arc baffles me. Practically the whole soundbar target audience gone.
Don't think that was the target audience for this product by Q-Acoustics. Methinks music reproduction is the higher prioriity for any audio company like this. My 2 cents.
True, it's not the target audience (audiophiles), but I also think it's the perfect speaker for TV/streaming.
Powered subwoofers have input-sensing circuitry, but that causes them to turn off at very low volumes, which is probably why they didn’t go with it. When it comes to arc/e-arc you would need to have a dedicated HDMI input
The casuals will probably just use bluetooth. They place more value having less wires more than sound quality. More options are always good though
Sorry but once I heard powered speakers it was goodnight. I prefer separate components especially when it comes to speakers and amps. I tried it once and I’m done. The amp eventually goes or needs work and I’m not an EE. QA looks like they have other quality passive speakers so they are a possibility. Thanks and rock on!
@@BobbyBass-x6i ya I don’t like active speakers either.
Is that a tiny tower in your pocket or…
Q acoustics is the real deal
The word sibilant itself is…sssssibilant.
Hey, Randy, I see you are running out of cheap stuff to review... How about a Bluetooth speakers for a picnic? Something with at least a tweeter and not just 1 crappy woofer that sounds like a tin can? $20-100? Off Ali or Temu?
How do the M40s compare to the Klipsch Sevens at the same price and the Klipsch fives at $600 less?
I have tiny (passive) towers in my small bedroom: Emotiva T0+’s. They sound fantastic. Good amount of bass. They rock my gall bladder. Perfect speakers for the space. They very well priced too.
@@stevedevine9476 that whole series are excellent speakers! 👍
I thought the Klipsch The Nines you liked quite a bit?
Highly informatory as well as entertain (edit: ing.)
My appendix is oxygen free 99.99% pure.
Is 39 @ -6 that good? Haven’t heard them so I’m actually curious. There are multiple PSB and Polk models that will dip below 40 @ -3. And there are DTs that will drop to 32-34. Am I missing something here? And at that height, how does that impact listening position?
Imagine what any towers can be, unburdened by what they have been.
Does it have drivers? All I saw was a box with what looked like a cloth grill on it. And they look a little low to the floor for my liking. Like the tweeters would be below ear level sitting down. Anyway powered speakers aren't my cup of tea either.
I hear the Audio Pro A48 speakers are next level up and cheaper? Have you ever reviewed those?
Not removable front grill - did u mention THAT ??!!
War and Peace is my favorite title
Cool speaker for those seeking this type of tech and purpose.
Especialy if you want them in black, white ore fake walnut.
Speaking about floorstanders, can you do review of Acoustic energy AE109 mk2?
Love the intro 😊
I don't have an appendix anymore. Does that mean I can't feel bass?
How about, “If you hear your speakers in your appendix, consult a physician.”
i hear them in my torax as the cartilage moves to the bass kick, if i heard them on my apendix if the one i´m thinking of i´ll go straight away to my Phisician
Did they threaten to sue you?
Short on RCA cables Randy ❓❓😆😆😆😆 And - the appendix, u know - it goes right to URANUS ‼‼☝☝🤣
I´M NOT ..... english spoken language could you show us a photo of the apendix getting to URANUS , apendix must be a modern spaceship with turbo diesel engine , dirtying space with CO2 but i think it´s ok , reduced emissions engine
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good speakers have perfect bass kick release no need for subwoofers (it came to my mind fresh made baguettes with presunto spanish "pata negra" excelent)i have several systems but never bought a surround AV receiver 2.1 or 5.2 or whatever that means, but i remenber in 74 "amazing surround sound" ,it had matrix 4, with four speakers, remenber watching apocalypse now with my companion in early 80´s video beta and i started to fall asleep but when explosions happen i would wake up feeling i was still in the army in the war in Africa from which i runned from in the first license after wondering because seeing so many less than 20 years old dying by my side, i somehow was alive and went to hamburg in germany that i thought in the 60´s it was the town where hamburgers were created but i was wrong and at the time eating a hamburger felt like a modern way of eating red flesh, no need for a dish or fork and knife, but beer there was a lot also sausages and Saurcroute (don´t try it if you haven´t done it yet i ´m just warning )but i was used to drink SAGRES which was stronger , i used to think in 67 that maybe when i would be 50, i could enter ilegally in my country to see my family but somehow and it was a mistake and was it was suposed to be a ask for better wages from militar oficial personel a revolution happened in my country and in 74 in the summer there i was at the beach but the beach had more girls from Germany and Netherlands and France than from Portugal , my country, where there was none if correctelly describing it and they seem to do not have the concept of clothes or at least swiming suit , but was happy to live there on the beach for three monthes June , Jully and August, in Setember i was going to a diferent region with hot water in the beach and my grandmother making me the best food i ever tasted and sleep a lot and at 5 in the afternoon i would walk to the beach where all had swiming suits and i had returned from japan with a new pioneer system with a turntable and a open reel deck from akai, the ES-3000 but seems equal to the ES-2000 the one with amazing surround sound with matrix 4
if your going to make a powered speaker these days it should have an HDMI input on it
I guess your playlists are no longer available? 😢
Do you have a Spotify list or just a typed up list?
Well my expectations were shattered as well. Crutchfiued just listed the specs for pre-order Wiim Amp Pro and it does not support Airplay....BOOOOO! Wanted to go to smaller amp streamer combo to make my MASTER bedroom system more compact but maintain inter device connectivity. Currently use largish Onkyo integrated and power amps with Wiim Pro (2) and external DACs Might dump all and go to Blusound Powernode (two needed). It will be a smaller and cleaner look. Will lose the EQ though.
What do I do with all the old equipment?
Broken hearted in Tennessee!
"Tiny tower speaker looms over the rest."
Tiny tower speaker casts a huge audiophile shadow…
@@cheapaudioman
Good one! 👍
@@HareDeLune if litle is better i´m not sure but try the mision 761 from late 80´s 4ohms impedance, maybe the best ever made till certain price and they sound either then perfect , loud . Than there´s the same years AT-100 from Cerwin-Vega also extremelly perfect and 4ohms too, both high sensitivity, many DB´s
Why not just connect the Ultra to the USB input?
Able to leap tiny towers in a single... sound?😢
What watch is that, brother?
Speakers that play music? The devil you say!
A good speaker has to have bass!!
Video starts at 4:35
@@IcyMidnight one of my finest intros IMO
Of course... it's not how big... it's how...
Q acoustic had always very good speakers but far from being cheap ,1.000 dolla a pair, trés beaucoup(like in the movie "full metal jacket")don´t tell me it means nothing or do tell , that is freedom even if you´re totally wrong ,please do
Vs. The Nines?
Well lucky you!! If you love the fact you've been wrong, there's a lot to look forward to. Snice you know next to nothing about audio, I foresee a lot of these videos in your future.
Does Q Acoustics even make a bad speaker? I've never seen a bad review on one.
I think they make safe sounding speakers 🇬🇧
I had my appendix removed twice no lie
After a great night with a girl I woke up in a bathtub of ice with my appendix removed.
yes, i also was open like a fish and after when recovering they told me that they have removed the large entestine that was damaged , i only asked my self still very high with a opiod anestetic , is that good for my stomac hernia?
"From now on" or until you have an appendectomy!
Is this a tower of power.
more like a tower of strenght
Only 38 Hz. Well, it will do something below. But don´t really like it.
Wat denk je van Bowers and wilkins 703 s3?😊
i think CDM7 SE
I like your hook
I liked this cool review! Then you had 666 likes whoops! Sorry! Seriously though I am definitely going to start looking for Q here in Japan! Probably have to go down to Akihabara which is only 30kms from my front door! Please keep on creating! I really enjoy your videos! I was Chief Engineer for Technicolor Disney out here and swore by Genelec’s put them in all the edit suites. However at home Yamaha or those Sony’s you love have intrigued.
Q don’t seem to be here in Japan…
I will check and get back to you!😂
but one can find a lot of goodies in japanese old hi-fi stores
Not a big fan of active speakers
I can understand the appeal 🔊
@@andrewbrazier9664 sure plug and play easy but you get what you get. I prefer to tinker and swap gear personally.
@@Audiodreamer192-24 Saves space where it's at a premium
Many people living in smaller homes now so traditional hi Fi racks are much less common, here in UK anyway 🇬🇧
@@andrewbrazier9664 Living spaces are getting smaller in the U.S. too.
Ok spaces getting smaller….. but….
When we’re talking about a few separate components I don’t think thats a legitimate argument because if you can fit these tower speakers then you can fit some components between them. I mean…. Come on let’s be real here…..
Here's a good title: "Q Acoustics M40". But you like it click-baity and vague, so please chose one of your zero informative drafts.
Thanks. Wasn't sure I wanted to spend 20min wondering what he'll talk about it
You gave me a headache
Well he didn't want it, so he gave it to you.
Stop complaining
@@oiddio69 lol, not an insult it was about yet more thing to pick from i.e "headache"
I appreciate that this is your job now but over 5 mins in before I got to watch any content?, close to unsubscribe and do not recommend
You are wrong all the time.
Yep. Dumping one channel after another. Many of us PAY MONEY to TH-cam so we don't have to watch banal advertising. Then you stick in the body of your videos anyway. For profit. If you don't make enough money from your videos, make better videos. taking money to put ads in the middle of your content is nothing but greed. Keep forcing the built-in advertising-for-profit on us, and we go away.... like this:
~Poof!~
winnie the p...,can´t remenber now ,too early in the morning