Actives not for me after my experience with a powered sub. Granted the sub is 13 years old, but it is a Paradigm Sub 12 that cost $2499 new. Worked great until it just stopped. Plugged into a surge protector and wired to a Marantz Pre/Pro that is still working fine. My guess is that the amp or the board controlling the amp just quit. Nothing much I can do to fix it. Think about spending significant $$$ on a pair of actives-- and then the amp in the speaker stops working after a decade or so. You OK with that? Not me!
I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ...