Steve is a veteran and is to be respected. For monitoring applications, active is fine. For ultimate results, outboard amplification is preferred...because you choose the amp!! It’s that simple.
Teo seems HighO! It’s a compromise to have active speakers and is technology mostly embraced by the professional audio sound people. They listen for frequencies, not tonal shadings or micro dynamics...certainly not for the differences in instrument voicing or spatial imaging. All of us have goals in what we hope to achieve in our systems. If having active speakers and DSP lights your fire and attains your personal goals, then congratulations!! Some of us want to hear the sweet rosin flaking off the bow of Bell’s violin as he digs in for the climax, or the burnished breathy whiskey colored texture of a Coltrane sax solo. So many colors exist for those willing to explore the jagged landscape of high end audio...I’ll choose my own amplifier.
Nitro is oldo? So nothing matters but your brain...uh, no! Anyway, I watched Steve again and I have to say, he is spot on. Fools and young tone deaf rubes may beg to differ, but The Audiophiliac speaks truth!
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