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In Reply to: RE: A trully great system posted by b.l.zeebub on September 24, 2015 at 04:04:21
Quite an assumption , so no it doesnt prove active is better than passive , there are advantages and disadvantages, it does prove most systems are under powered , as expressed many times here before ..Imo , The OP system is greatly under powered for his speakers , so not suprised by the reaction ...
Regards
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I can think of advantages of an active system but besides the need for more amps I cannot think of a single disadvantage.
Theres no free ride , so there will always be disadvantages with anything , Active systems places more electronics into the chain , this is never "better" not to mention you are strapped to the sound of said electronics and their associated sonic signature and noise , active can match or better passive in the lower frequencies, due to insertion loss and complexities associated with a passive xver ..
Hybrid active , with active on the bass / passive for mid-high is what i have found to be the best compromise ...
Regards
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How are you necessarily tied to the electronics?
My speakers are active and I can just as easily swap or exchange amps as one can do with passives.
I can also change the crossover itself if I so desire and active crossovers can be substantially more precise in the job they do than passives could ever be especially if they are DSP-based.
Time and phase alignment is doddle while passive time alignment smears even more detail than a simple passive crossover does.
Crossover slopes can be made arbitrarily steep without any danger of ringing or putting more passive components between amp and driver which is never a good idea.
For mids and bass the control by the amp actives allow is a large and easily audible benefit provided one uses an amp with a suitably low output impedance.
Over the course of my audio life I have converted a few speakers to active and the bottom line is that actives with cheap(ish) amps easily outperform an otherwise identical passive with ANY amp.
For some who like the sound of tubes active speakers are typically solid state. I love tubes but really liked the Genelec
Alan
I too love tubes but only before anything gets recorded (or may be during).
Once a signal has been recorded I insist on SS amplification as it is far more accurate.
I have 200w per size. Previously had 400w per size. Much better with 200w because the amps are a better amp. Also my room is only 15x12
Alan
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