All indications of the various progressions of this series (1000, 2000, now 3000) is the they are exceptionally clear speakers at a bargain price. But, in the bookshelf, the bass response has always been limited, so for me they are best used in Home Theater or Casual Listening situations.
At the price of the 3050, there are other speakers in the same price range that are well worth of consideration. But it seems that the performance of the new 3050 is pretty impressive.
While I can't fault the series, there are others that appeal to me more. Still it seems this new 3000 series is a step up on an already impressively clear speaker.
I've also been under the impression that their Subs are a little underwhelming. Though we have to accept that they are working within a design concept. A concept that creates a relatively small unobtrusive Sub, that still performs well. There is certainly a market for such a Sub. But I suspect more serious listener and those with more space are going to go for a larger Sub.
It sounds like Q Acoustic has make real improvements to a speaker that was already praised by those who have them, and maintained a reasonably low price point for a speaker of this performance, and Fit and Finish.
While they don't appeal to me, I can see how they would appeal to many. Especially those looking for a bit more than the Lifestyle Sat/Sub systems, but not wanting to quite go quite to full Bookshelf or Floorstanding speakers.
The price is probably a bit high right now given that they have just been introduced, but even at the current prices, they are still something of a bargain in a 5.1 system -
Superfi - Q Acoustics 3000 5.1 Home Cinema Speaker Package
Superfi - Q Acoustics 3050 5.1 Home Cinema Speaker Package
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