Q ACOUSTICS 3000 SERIES
Q Acoustics has launched a ‘3000 Series’. The range consists of five new designs— the 3010 and 3020 bookshelf/standmount models, the floor-standing 3050, a 3070S active subwoofer, and a 3090C centrechannel that follows on from the company’s successful 2000i Series. Q Acoustics’ brand director, Alex Munro, says: ‘ Without doubt, Q Acoustics has raised the bar yet again. The new models display beautiful new styling, perfect finishes and deliver clear sonic advances over Q Acoustics’ all conquering, ‘2000i’ models… we can continue to confidently proclaim Q Acoustics loudspeakers to be the ‘Best on the Planet’—for the money!’ The new 3000 Series benefits from numerous features developed for the ‘Concept’ models, including ultra-low resonance cabinet designs using dual-layer front and top panels, and ‘pivotal’ internal bracing, but all models also use a brand-new tweeter with a revolutionary ‘2-in-1’ concentric ring dome design which claims the low distortion and extra wide dispersion of both ‘ring radiator’ and ‘dome’ type high frequency drivers. The tweeter is also mounted into a butyl-rubber resonancecancelling housing. The bass/midrange drivers use a cone material that’s a mix of paper and aramid fibres. Crossovers are all fourth-order Linkwitz/ Riley types. The 3000 Series models are available in Matt Graphite, American Walnut, Lacquered Gloss Black, Lacquered Gloss White and ‘Leather effect’ finishes. For further information, please contact Westan on (03) 9541 8888 or visit the website at www.westan.com.au “Put on any headphones or earbuds, and experience Dolby Atmos sound on your mobile device... hear how sounds flow around you from every direction, just as in real life, with real impact...” So say the words accompanying a video at the URL below, promoting Dolby Atmos for your mobile. Really? We’re already converts to the overheard speaker implementation of Dolby Atmos (see p81), and certainly one of its great merits is how an Atmos soundtrack can be scaled to any size of system available, right down to mono. But for headphones? The video on the Dolby site is loaded with action above, which is a doddle on headphones where things tend to image around the headband anyway. But flowing from every direction, just as in real life? It’s sad to see such nonsense from the innovative folks at Dolby Inc. Try it for yourself at: http://www.dolby.com/us/en/ technologies/dolby-atmos/mobile.html The latest digital radio listening figures show an increase in weekly listeners from 3 million in the Nov 2014 GfK figures released by Commercial Radio Australia, to 3.2 million in Feb 2015.