Q Active 200
Overview
Active Speakers
Expect The Exceptional.
An entire high-resolution wireless audio system, delivering uncompromised hi-fi sound that fits conveniently and seamlessly into your lifestyle.
Key Features
- High fidelity sound with true wireless connectivity from multiple streaming services: Apple AirPlay 2, Roon, Spotify and plenty more gives access to a planet’s-worth of music.
- Integrate your TV, turntable, games console and more into your wireless, music-streaming system.
- Voice control - works with Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa (available soon) or Apple Siri for easy voice control.
Versatile
Q Acoustics has designed the Q Active range from the ground up, with the express intent of delivering an uncompromised, versatile high-resolution system that can play music from any source – TV, network music streamer, smartphone, laptop, and even a turntable.
A compact central Control Hub configured either for Google “Chromecast built-in” or Amazon “Works with Alexa” (coming soon) is supplied with each pair of speakers, which allows users to connect to a variety of wired and wireless sources. The Hub can be connected to your home network using ethernet or wi-fi.
Sound
The Q Active range is a true active design, with class D amplification eliminating the need for a bulky external amp or receiver. Q Active 200 speakers feature twin Balanced Mode Radiator (BMR) drive units in an offset configuration that deliver a widescreen sound dispersal and a huge sweet spot: so no matter where you’re sitting in the room, you’ll hear the same rich, detailed and expressive sound from the Q Active speakers.
Design
Meticulous attention to detail has produced a compact, high-performance system that makes a distinctive visual statement - but every element of Q Active has been engineered to deliver the best performance possible.
As well as the panoramic, widescreen sound delivered by the BMR arrangement and the deep, controlled bass served up by the carefully specified and positioned subwoofers, Q Acoustics has paid painstaking attention to the way the Q Active 200 cabinet contributes to the system’s outstanding sonic performance.
‘Dart’ bracing is in the Q Active 200 cabinet to provide essential stiffness to the cabinet and equally helpful mechanical stability to the rear-firing subwoofer units.
Specification
Acoustics
Enclosure type Reflex (ported)
Full range driver 2 x BMR 58mm (2.25in)
Subwoofer (high excursion) 1 x 114mm (4.5in)
Crossover frequency 150Hz
System frequency response (free boundary) 46Hz to 20kHz (-6dB)
Power (per speaker)
Continuous power 100W
Peak power 280W
Power requirement
Voltage range 100 - 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
Weight and dimensions
Un-boxed weight (per speaker) 7.5kg
Dimensions (per speaker) H x W x D 284 x 170 x 290mm (11.2 x 6.7 x 11.4in)
Dimensions on stand H x W x D 922 x 286 x 338mm (36.3 x 11.3 x 13.3in)
Wireless connectivity
Hi-Res Wireless Link frequency 5.8GHz
Audio playback
Sample frequency 96kHz
Bit depth 24bits
Max Source Resolution 32bit/192kHz
Hub Specifications
Power requirement
Voltage range 100 - 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
Weight and dimensions
Un-boxed weight (per speaker) 0.5kg
Dimensions (per speaker) H x W x D 40 x 180 x 112mm (1.6 x 7.1 x 4.4in)
Wireless connectivity
Bluetooth v4.2 Low Energy
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n and 802.11ac compliant
Hi-Res Wireless Link frequency 5.8GHz
Remote control 2.4GHz
Audio playback
Codec formats AAC , WAV, FLAC, MP3, Vorbis, WMA & ALAC
Sample frequency 8 – 192kHz (depending on codec)
Bit depth 8 – 24bits (depending on codec)
Wired connectivity
Digital optical 96kHz/24bit Toslink
Digital HDMI 96kHz/16bit ARC (2 channel)
Analogue (set to line level) 300mV/18kΩ
Analogue (set to phono MM) 2.6mV/47kΩ (RIAA Equalised)
Subwoofer output 1.20V (0-300Hz)
Review
April 2022
"A brave and radical design, Q Acoustics Q Active 200 implements BMR technology to give a great-sounding yet relatively affordable system. It's hard to fault in anyway."
Hi-Fi Choice, 5 stars, Group Test Winner (May 2022)
December 2021
"The Q Active 200 is a lifestyle-friendly system with serious chops, delivering impressive accuracy and range from a compact wireless design."
August 2021
"…these speakers are really remarkable in terms of acoustic power and precision…The analog input shows that the system is capable of nuance and complexity…"
Diapason, 5 stars
August 2021
"…if you’re looking for something that works as cohesively as single chassis all-in-one but delivers a performance across music and film that is bigger and more confident than any of them, this is where you need to start looking."
August 2021
"Q Acoustics takes a crack at its first powered speaker and knocks it right out of the park."
TechHive, 4.5 stars, Editor’s Choice Award
August 2021
"In short, the Q Active 200 sounds exquisite…Use the Q Acoustic 200 to their fullest as your main living room sound system, connected to your TV, and added to a multiroom setup, and you won’t be disappointed with your investment."
August 2021
"Great musicality, those speakers are able to deliver a great sound quality and dispersion, whatever the music…a great achievement from Q Acoustics at that price level"
ON mag, 4.5 stars
August 2021
"The Q active 200 is an impressive pair of active speakers and streaming system rolled into one. There versatility in terms of connectivity is a boon and their flexibility in terms of placement makes them easy to adapt to any room…this is an ambitious system that acts like a rug to knit all your gear into one wireless system."
Trusted Reviews, 4.5 stars, Recommended Award
August 2021
"Q Active 200 is a brilliant system that is packed with acoustic energy."
August 2021
"The Q Acoustics Q Active 200 is wireless, powerful, complete - and proves how simple, comfortable and living room-friendly modern music enjoyment can be… purely as a one-room solution, the audio system delivers first-class sound…"
August 2021
"The Q Active 200 was able to quickly captivate us with its musicality after only a few songs…it offers a listening experience that is as special as it is smart. So it really earned our fifth star as well as our warm recommendation! Outstanding!"
