Oft amazed at the complexity of execution. Nearly 50 years of audio experience and enough past pieces to fill a small audio store shows so many problems have been well solved producing a nice facsimile of live performance.
The debate over active should be mostly a dead thing. ATC and others have executed this well and on a level palatable to hardcore audiophiles. Active is not necessarily bright, forward, sterile, non-imaging and/or fatiguing....or any of the other nasty claims.
It is a matter of proper execution. And yes, I own fully active floor standers which image well, are non-fatiguing and produce dynamic immediate vocals and instruments.
The debate over active should be mostly a dead thing. ATC and others have executed this well and on a level palatable to hardcore audiophiles. Active is not necessarily bright, forward, sterile, non-imaging and/or fatiguing....or any of the other nasty claims.
It is a matter of proper execution. And yes, I own fully active floor standers which image well, are non-fatiguing and produce dynamic immediate vocals and instruments.