@erik_squires a powered speaker that is not active is one that has built in amplification but the crossover is still between the amplifier and the drivers. Active is when the crossover is before the amplification.
Active speakers frequently have amplifiers built in. It's just that they have active crossovers between the source and the amplifier. If you have a pair of two way speakers, you need 2 channels of amplification in each one for active, but only one for powered since the crossover is after the amplifier. Powered but not active isn't very common. They're usually fairly cheap computer speakers from what I've seen.
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