Petew Posted October 25 Posted October 25 (edited) The dreaded itch is back! Does anyone own a pair of the QA Concept 50? They are on sale at the moment and I'm thinking of a speaker upgrade. I'm going to go and have a listen to a pair. Current system is CXN v2, Gieseler Kompakt R2R dac, Rega Elex R. Speakers are Orpheus Apollo v1. Wondering if the concept 50 will add anything worthwhile to my setup? Any owners insights would be much appreciated. Cheers, Pete Edited October 25 by Petew Typo
amir Posted October 30 Posted October 30 Hi, i own concept 500, they are neutral. but i would highly recommend to take you stuff, amp, dac and have a listen to them, take your time. and then decide. best of luck 1
andyr Posted October 30 Posted October 30 On 25/10/2024 at 11:31 AM, Petew said: Current system is CXN v2, Gieseler Kompakt R2R dac, Rega Elex R. Speakers are Orpheus Apollo v1. Wondering if the concept 50 will add anything worthwhile to my setup? It may - depending on what impedance the Concept 50 is classed as. Your Rega Elix R is specced at 72w into 8 ohms ... and 90w into a 6ohm load. I couldn't find the output into the 4ohm load which your Orpheus Apollo v1s are specced at - which suggests the Elix R is not too good at driving 4ohm spkrs (otherwise Rega would certainly promote this). However, the QA Concept 50s are specced as 6 ohm - with a minimum of 3.6 ... see here: So it's hard to say whether your Rega Elix R will make them sound better than your current Orpheus Apollo v1s. 1
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