In a very thoughtful addition, Q Acoustics also offers a switch on the powered speaker to assign it as either the left or right stereo channel – handy if your power socket placement dictates where each speaker must go. A small remote control gives access to all sources and volume controls from afar, too. Supplied speaker cabling, threaded through binding posts, connects the pair of cabinets, and a simple LED-lit power button (which doubles up as source identification) sits on the master speaker, flanked by volume buttons. Those omissions aside, Q Acoustics has done a good job of making the M20 HD easy to set up and use. They’ll have to make do with an optical connection instead.
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And those looking to plug directly into a TV will note the lack of a HDMI-ARC port.
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Bluetooth support is as ‘wireless’ as the speakers get. However, despite the ‘wireless’ name, there’s no option for Wi-Fi streaming support over a network connection. There’s a port for adding a sold-separately subwoofer, too. So you’ve enough options here to hook up a TV, record player, computer or even stream from a phone, depending on your needs. You’ve got Bluetooth 5.0 (with aptX, aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, SBC and AAC codecs supported), USB-B (24-bit/192kHz), optical (24-bit/192kHz), stereo RCA, and a standard 3.5mm option too. That powered speaker is doing much of the heavy lifting then, and it’s here where all connectivity options live.
In a very thoughtful addition, Q Acoustics also offers a switch on the powered speaker to assign it as either the left or right stereo channel.
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A 125mm mid/bass driver and 22mm tweeter in each deliver the sonic goods, with the powered speaker delivering amplification up to a room-filling 130W total. The cabinets here are two-way reflex ported affairs, with one speaker the ‘master’ powered unit housing all connectivity options, and the other, slightly lighter speaker acting as the passive partner.
Keep that in mind if you’re intending them for a small office scenario. The M20 HD speakers are on the large side for a bookshelf or desktop setup, measuring 279 x 170 x 296mm, and with a combined weight of 10.6kg. There’s an almost vintage quality to the walnut finish – understated, even, were it not for the size of them. No doubt, June 11th, 1991 became a date they would not soon forget.Available in three finishes (black, white and the walnut shade we were supplied with), there’s a classy elegance to their slightly-curved cabinets, with Q Acoustics branding kept to a minimal ‘Q’ logo at the bottom of each speaker grille. Rushing to their computer, firing up that blistering 14.4 kbps modem, sharing with the world what they had experienced. Did they know they were buying a piece of history as the clerk rung them up? Or was it not until they went home, sliding that cart into their Genesis, flipping the switch, and running through that first checkered loop? So filled with excitement, they just needed to tell someone about how great this new game was. Finger pointed, a rendition of the Green Hill Zone teasing the obstacles that would block their way to saving South Island. Walking into an Electronics Boutique, and seeing Sonic’s self-assured smirk on the shelves. Imagine being one of the first to experience Sonic the Hedgehog. Waiting impatiently for that one game that would prove without a doubt the system was here to stay. It’s easy to look back and go “of course Sonic would succeed.” But what was it like to have lived in that moment? Not even as a kid who got a Genesis for Christmas, but as someone who picked up Sonic the moment it came out? Imagine being one of the SEGA faithful, having already bought a Sega Genesis, playing Thunder Force II and Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker late into the night. There was no doubt “Sonic Mania” was just beginning. for the home console market was split down the middle, with SEGA just ever so slightly having the edge.Īggressive marketing, mall tours, a character design that instantly encapsulated everything that was hip and cool in the new decade. Come January ‘92, SEGA had done the impossible – market share in the U.S. Suddenly, that safe bet was called into question. But SEGA had an ace up their sleeve, something that could directly compete with Super Mario World – Sonic the Hedgehog. Jumpstarting the 16-bit era, its sales still paled in comparison to the Nintendo Entertainment System, and with the Super Nintendo finally coming out in the United States, it might have been a safe bet to think Nintendo would continue its dominance in the market. During the holiday season of 1991, the Sega Genesis was already two years old.
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