Hello! I recently published my review of the new Q Acoustics 3030i. You can look that up if you want more text, but I'm here for measurements!
The 3030i were recently announced, and retail for $400.
So we have the quasi-anechoic spin, with nearfield bass spliced to the listening window at 385 Hz:
Remember my measurements use a taller aspect ratio than amirs. Here's the squishified version to match the HDI-1600:
I think this is quite good for a $400 speaker at launch. While nearfield bass is always a bit of a gamble, these seem to have done a quite a good job with bass extension too
There appears to be a resonance at 1.2kHz, with some jaggies here and there, but neutral overall tonality on axis and in the listening window. There's some bunching around the presence region off axis, so they might sound a bit bight here, but I didn't notice that during my listening.
Breaking down the horizontal response, here is the off-axis response out to 90 degrees, as well as the front, side, rear, and total horizontal curves.
You can see the wide directivity up to about 6kHz, after which it narrows a fair bit. The flattest angle seems to be about 15 degrees off axis. Overall horizontal reflections seem to be balanced quite nicely, which likely contributes to the very enjoyable sound
Taking another view, here's the horizontal polar plot. Note it is normalized to the on-axis to focus solely on directivity:
Vertical, you want to be on axis:, or at least not far above the tweeter axis.
Polar:
Treat yo' ceiling, if you can.
Bonus, here are the nearfield responses for the drivers and port:
Imo a lot to like. Better than the 3020i, and more bass.
The 3030i were recently announced, and retail for $400.
So we have the quasi-anechoic spin, with nearfield bass spliced to the listening window at 385 Hz:
Remember my measurements use a taller aspect ratio than amirs. Here's the squishified version to match the HDI-1600:
I think this is quite good for a $400 speaker at launch. While nearfield bass is always a bit of a gamble, these seem to have done a quite a good job with bass extension too
There appears to be a resonance at 1.2kHz, with some jaggies here and there, but neutral overall tonality on axis and in the listening window. There's some bunching around the presence region off axis, so they might sound a bit bight here, but I didn't notice that during my listening.
Breaking down the horizontal response, here is the off-axis response out to 90 degrees, as well as the front, side, rear, and total horizontal curves.
You can see the wide directivity up to about 6kHz, after which it narrows a fair bit. The flattest angle seems to be about 15 degrees off axis. Overall horizontal reflections seem to be balanced quite nicely, which likely contributes to the very enjoyable sound
Taking another view, here's the horizontal polar plot. Note it is normalized to the on-axis to focus solely on directivity:
Vertical, you want to be on axis:, or at least not far above the tweeter axis.
Polar:
Treat yo' ceiling, if you can.
Bonus, here are the nearfield responses for the drivers and port:
Imo a lot to like. Better than the 3020i, and more bass.