Q Acoustics Q Active 200
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Active speaker system | £1500 | whf.cm/QActive200
It’s a simple fact of life that the more there is to do, the more there is to prioritise. For Q Acoustics’ first all-in-one streaming speaker system, the British speaker specialist could have focused most of its attention on the streaming side of things – that is the uncharted territory here, after all.
While the brand has some degree of experience in powered-speaker design, the Q Active 200 is its first proper active streaming proposition. It appears to be a speaker-first design, given the ambitious acoustic engineering on show here. Get the speaker part right, as you’d hope a firm with such plaudits in the field would, and you’re halfway there.
A new look
If you were expecting an active set of speakers resembling Q Acoustics’ current range of standmounters, then the Q Active’s design may raise your eyebrows.
The boxes are narrow, deep and in a beautifully finished matt white – so far, so Q Acoustics. But instead of the usual tweeter and mid/bass woofer decorating each façade, there is a
