I’ve owned Yamaha hs8, Adam tv8, Adam a7x, genelec 8030c, focal solo 6, event 20/20 BAS v3, jbl 306p mk2, and the SVS wireless pro. I also demos a few pairs of Kali monitors that were nice.

Except that passives are way more reliable

@@musicman8270, maybe. I always hear concern about amps failing and having to send the entire speaker in for repair. But how often does that really happen? Any more often than external amp failure? Don't you have to send your whole amp in for repair anyway? If you've saved the original carton, it's not a big deal in either situation. The argument just seems like people trying to find a reason not to like active speakers.

@@roberts3889 I have a pair of bowers 702s2 floorstanders. I was reading the reviews on Crutchfields site. And one of the reviewers said that he had to send his Golden ears speakers back three times. And while my Bowers subs have class d things like subs is pretty much what I limit class D to. Most "active" speakers use class D amps. And class D doesn't have quite the hours of AB and class A. Anyway best of luck.

@@musicman8270 so how many high end / well build actives broke ? do youve any statistics or are you just repeating the ignorance of all the audiophiles who never own a high end active system ?

@@vtkz Never will own an "active" system. My philosophy is simple. My preamp breaks I get the old receiver from the den An amp breaks I re-arrange things( I have three). I don't worry about the speakers because they just don't break. Not unless you make them unnessearily complicated by putting an amp in them. Some people have to find out things the hard way. And taking something simple and reliable and making it complicated is the meaning of the hard way. As you will discover

I’d be down to check them out.

great comment. i produce my own music and yes everyone uses powered monitors. adam is in the middle or less i’d add. bc there’s brands like barefoot, focal, dynaudio, neumann.

same here. I listen with Neumann Speakers (and some other Brands like Unity Audio, Abacus, Ksdigital) for many years and never want to go back to passive stuff

Actually that’s a great point! Thanks!

You are correct - and it was a mistake or slip in wording without putting much thought into it. When I said active - I wasn’t implying the specific definition of an active crossover speaker - I was pointing more towards a powered, or lifestyle type speaker like the twins.

Big differences between titus and borea thanks to the higher-end tweeter ?

A British Audiophile highly recommended them.

huh i never knew there’s a diff

Powered speakers mean each speaker has an amplifier and a dedicated power source , so two main sockets are needed. Active is one speaker with an amplifier and the other speaker is passive. Only one power source required.

​@@thomasalexandno the opposite. Powered = Master & Slave / Active = Each Speaker has its own Amp

@@vtkz Yes. Silly me.

Don't forget Genelec! I am saving for a Sun Audio Purified 4 system, love to have electronics outboard and they measure very clean.

Not as much as the effect in cabinet air volume has due to the crossover's existence.

Gubbins is a great word,touch of Mark n Lard! You may not know of them 🤓

Try Magnepan lrs+ , if you don’t have cats,if you have cats try Falcon Acoustics Q7 diy kit.

Thanks, keep in mind the light changes color based on the input.

@@Newrecordday2013at least the woofers are paper. that is awesome / rare now it seems.

The light can be turned off.

@@davidhayward2874oh that is good! i’m allergic to led light

Try the Michael Fidler Classic Audio MM Pro or MC Pro phono preamps. ;)

They aren’t mine to send.

Because it doesnt make a huge difference and the main point is to have the crossover before the amplification. And when it causes damages, why brands are so successful in the studio market where you need acourracy and durability... I use actives for over 10 years and never had any failure

Speaker vibration getting to the amp does make a HUGE degradation. Even micro vibration and magnetic interaction between the transformer & the rest of the amp circuitry degrades the sound. That's why the best preamps have their own seperate box power supplies. I'm a vibration and resonance expert and I know that vibration from speakers can degrade the sound ENORMOUSLY. Inside state of the art amps they do certain things with magnetic shielding, but that only helps a bit. Vibration is less with distance, and likewise magnetic interaction and static fields and all kind of other degrading fields also. Seperation and distance is the solution; not putting tha amp circuitry right inside the speaker, where there is a vibratory mess going on inside. The very best transistors, resistors, capacitors etc. are ones that internally vibrate the least. Situated next to a woofer in a speaker cabinet is the last place you'd want them. That's the last place you'd want a crossover too. The very best speakers have an external out of the cabinet crossover.

⁠​⁠​⁠@@sidesup8286than maybe ìm deaf, because every active system outperform this passive high end systems (with cable riser nonsense, filters and other gadgets) - and i listen to a lot of systems in every peice category. And when vibrations are ,,so bad,, why nearly all Studio owners use active ATCs / Neumannˋs as Reference Systems - wich outperform nearly every high end passive nonsense with this ,,audiophile gadgets,, as mentioned… I listened to many different speakers and every active system as i said is not only in Value, but also in Audio Quality way better than the typical Show Setup where 70% of the front are just Electronics…. and didnt you think these brands are also beware of ,,vibration problems,, and use an working solution wich are measured how it works. but propably the typical youtube viewers of this ,,mainstream,, hifi channels dont know anything about active systems because they want to ,,play,, with gear and believe in stuff to feel good. I personally focused on Listening, Performance and Measurements means : Room Treatment & Bass Arrays (Subwoofers) for the best Lowend Response. Whatever, happy listening. Everyone has its own journey and passion in this hobby

You are correct - and it was a mistake or slip in wording without putting much thought into it. When I said active - I wasn’t implying the specific definition of an active crossover speaker - I was pointing more towards a powered, or lifestyle type speaker like the twins.

Sorry but thats the same nonsense most of the ,, audiophiles,, talk because theyve no idea what brands are in the active world and how everything works. - Amplifier in Actives spec. Pro Audio / Studiomonitors have 10-30x the runtime of your Home Audio Stuff and doesnt fail. So, its not realy realistic that these Brands still relevant at the Market when the Electronics are not reliable or low quality. You cant sell Products with a short Lifetime in the professionell High End sector - Tweaking arround and change Equipment doesnt mean to make the Sound better - DAC : Use Analog Actives like PSI or ATC or buy from an Manufacture who Updates the DSP Boards and even build in new one. There are enough Brands on the Market. You can repair for Example Genelec Actives wich are 30 Years old - this is mostly not even possible in the Passive World - Guarantee : youve the same Guarantee on everything like an external Amplifier. Its just Electronics. You can let replace it when you buy from an well known Manufacture like anything else... There is a reason why (High End) Actives are the Main Products in the Studioworld. They work, theyre damn acourate and they deliver an Quality wich is mostly only possible with twice the price in the Passive world And the most important point : ALL !! of these Hifi Reviewers dont review High end Actives. They all made Videos about this Streaming-China- Allinone Solutions. Theyve nothing to do with finest Active Loudspeaker Design

Nonsense.

youve the same repair chances like when you buy an external amplifier. Studiomonitors have 20-30x runtime of an home system and doesnt fail... this argument is only for maybe cheap made active from klipsch or so but not for the serious high end stuff

@@vtkz If your active speaker breaks you have to send it back, and you're out of a speaker. If the amp powering my speaker breaks I pull a backup out of the closet. And while you're waiting for your speaker to make the round trip I'm listening to tunes. Speakers hardly ever break. An amp breaks a lot more often.

@@vtkz 😂

what actives are hissy ? i heard and owned so many an no one have so much noise that your distracted