Audiovector QR 5 SE

Audiovector QR 5 SE - A high-performance speaker with a simple design

The goal of the QR series is to offer the most advanced technology in a perfectly finished and proportioned high-end package. That goal has certainly been achieved with the largest and best performer in the QR series - QR 5 SE. Its perfectly detailed and silky-smooth treble delivers endless hours of musical enjoyment that your ears will never grow tired of listening to. The new midrange/bass drivers guarantee a big, rich, and dynamic sound that will make any recording sound right. In terms of both performance and price, Audiovector has once again created a speaker destined to become a new bestseller. We dare stick our necks out and say that you will not find any speakers at this price that are a better all-round performer for the money than the QR series.

"The Audiovector QR 5 is a lot of well finished loudspeaker for the money with a relatively relaxed demanour, clean leading edges, and strong bass. Excellent!." - Hi-Fi+ Editor's Choice 2020 - Alan Sircom.

Highlights

• Big, full-bodied, and detailed sound
• Fantastic all-round speaker
• Versatile system matching
• Golden Leaf Air Motion tweeter
• Pure Piston Dual Magnet midrange/bass drivers
• New rigid, lightweight, and acoustically dead diaphragm material
• S-stop filter prevents sibilance

The SE series offers significant improvements

Compared with its predecessor, the new SE model offers an even more open, dynamic, and detailed sound reproduction. It is a very clear and audible improvement that is easy to hear in an A/B demonstration. 

The improvements in the SE series include, among other things, a new crossover with better properties in the bass and midrange response frequencies. All internal wiring is now cryogenically treated, having been frozen down to as low as -236 degrees. The new high-precision vibration-optimized capacitors have even been double cryogenically treated to reduce resistance and improve signal transmission. The result is a high-precision component that improves the treble range.

Audiovector has also improved the damping inside the cabinets using NanoPore™, which until now had only been used in the most exclusive and far more expensive Audiovector models. The SE series has had its damping factor optimized, which improves dynamic and aperiodic performance. They have also received new precision-milled spikes with a knurled lock nut for easy adjustment.

Built on experience from the high-end series

The new QR series builds on Audiovector's experience with rigid, lightweight, and acoustically dead diaphragms from their SR and R series speakers, and this has resulted in a completely new sandwich diaphragm, which Audiovector itself helped develop. The new diaphragm combines the strength of Aero Space Grade Aluminium with the excellent internal damping properties of softer materials. The result is a 3-layer sandwich membrane that does not color the sound and has incredibly low distortion.

The combination of the new diaphragms and the new Pure pistol dual magnet bass drivers makes the sound warm, precise, detailed, and at the same time dynamic and musical. The two thin layers of aluminium with the damping lightweight core mean they operate like a perfect piston throughout their entire working range, which not many drivers can do.

Because Audiovector develops its diaphragms in-house, they can use crossovers that are much gentler than those of their competitors. The advantage is that their filters do not burden the impedance, which would make the speaker difficult for the amplifier to drive. That is why you can use even the smallest Rega amplifier to drive a pair of Audiovector speakers and achieve outstanding results.

To tie the whole sound together, the QR series uses Audiovector's Gold Leaf Air Motion Tweeter (AMT), which is completely unheard of in this price range. The tweeter is mounted with only three screws because Audiovector has found that this causes less interaction with the cabinet and therefore provides a cleaner sound. At the same time, the AMT tweeter's dispersion lens ensures better dispersion than a dome tweeter. In front of the ribbon tweeter, there is a filter similar to those seen in front of the microphone in a professional recording studio. It eliminates all sibilance, and together all these elements produce a sound that has never sounded more detailed, open, spacious, refined, and musical than any other speaker in this class.

Does all this sound too good to be true? Then just read the reviews further down or stop by and listen. We have the entire QR series on display, and we are more than happy to demonstrate them for you.

Exquisite design and finish

QR 5 is a 3-way speaker with a so-called downward-firing Q-reflex port, which makes it easy to integrate into the room. And together with its smaller siblings, it makes an ideal choice if you want the ultimate home cinema system. The cabinet itself is built to Audiovector's high standards for truly unsurpassed quality.

The design is timeless and pays tribute to the classic Scandinavian traditions that make the speakers fit perfectly into any home. The speakers are available in satin white, which will almost make them disappear completely if the room has white rear walls. If you want the speakers to stand out more in the room, they are also available in a beautiful high-gloss piano black and dark walnut veneer, and of course Audiovector has used only real veneer. Because that is what Audiovector is all about - uncompromising quality from end to end!