If you're looking for a pair of the best floorstanding speakers, then why not go for the Q Acoustics 5050? Not only did we rate them five stars, give them two What Hi-Fi? Awards, and make them our Product of the Year in 2024, but right now they're discounted down to a record-low price.
The deal means you can snap them up for £1119 at Peter Tyson. The previous lowest price was £1169, which means you can benefit from an additional £40 saving if you buy them now.
The flagship pair in Q Acoustics' 5000 range of speakers, they're a step up in size and cabinet volume compared to their five-star 5040 siblings and use a single 25mm soft dome tweeter and twin 15cm mid/bass drivers.
Four different finish options are available for the cabinet: Satin Black, Satin White, Holme Oak and Santos Rosewood, all of which carry this saving.
During testing, we found these extremely satisfying towers serve up a classy sound with plenty of scale and dynamic thrust.
In our Q Acoustics 5050 review, we said they produce “a generous soundstage that is well-focused and nicely layered” and “they never sound confused and manage to keep hold of a multitude of instrumental strands without losing track of the musical whole”.
The speakers are rear-ported, but they aren’t overly fussy about room positioning and manage to summon “some of the most controlled and articulate bass that we have heard from a tower at this level”.
One tiny thing to consider is that we think, “their tonal balance is still a touch forward", so you'll just need to bear this in mind when pairing the speakers with electronics.
As a result, if you own a bright or forward-sounding stereo amplifier, these might not be the speakers for you, but otherwise, the Q Acoustics 5050 are clear, detailed and dynamically strong performers.
And at a record-low price at Peter Tyson, these Award-winning speakers just became an even more attractive option.
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