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Q Acoustics3030i

speaker

New retail price (MSRP)

$500

Used market: $360*

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Specifications

6 of 8 values have a recorded source
System type
Passive Bookshelf·
Inputs
Binding posts✓
Minimum impedance dip
4✓
Nominal impedance
6✓
Recommended power
25–75 W✓
Sensitivity at 2.83 V
88✓
Release year
2018·
Indexable Locales
en·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Headroom notes

88 dB is quoted at 2.83 V into a 6-ohm nominal load, i.e. 1.33 W. On a true one-watt basis it is closer to 86.8 dB, which puts it level with the 8-ohm KEFs rather than 2 dB ahead of them as the raw numbers suggest.

Amplification Warning

Two things in this datasheet are worth reading literally. First, the impedance line does not say "nominal" — it says "Average impedance: 6 Ohms", with a separate minimum of 4 ohms. An average is not a floor, and the floor is what the amplifier meets. Second, Q Acoustics prints two different power windows for the same speaker: 25-75 W for a stereo amplifier and 50-145 W for an AV receiver with two channels driven. The stereo figure is the conservative one and is what this entry carries.

Setups using this gear

160 W into a 75 W speaker: Emotiva BasX A2+ with Q Acoustics 3030iWiiM Amp Ultra with Q Acoustics 3030i: 100 watts into a 75 watt speaker

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~72% retained value).