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Intriguing inquiry, are floor-stand speakers always better than active speakers?

Hi guys,

Just a general wondering though, nowadays I've seen a lot of new active speakers, and truth to be told, I find them quite professional indeed, when I go into an audio shop and ask some advice, some might even encourage to purchase the bookshelf speakers, as they're more cost-effective and space-saving hahah.

All that asides, regarding the sound quality matter, it ain't bad at all, but I'm not sure if it's my living room just not that big or some technical matters, the sound experience is actually vivid, but yeah I also think when you put the extra circuit inside the speaker for amplifying use, it'd certainly affect the original performance more or less. Especially under this digital streaming era, every part seems to be specifically separated, so it can perform to its fullest, and lessen the interference between each device.

Anyways, let me know what you think, I'd be grateful, or maybe share you existing setup with us!

Best,

preston8452

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preston8452 OP
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@holmz 

I suppose I can, but like each device can perform to its best separately I guess, hahah, PS Audio is real mellow, and Silent Angel Munich M1T is a new Roon Ready streamer, so I thought it wouldn't hurt to give it a try, turned out it was't bad at ball 😂

preston8452 OP
17 posts
 

😲 what are those hahaha, never heard of them! 

preston8452 OP
17 posts
 

My current setup is a Silent Angel Rhein Z1 which runs a Roon Core, then Munich M1T as a Roon Ready streamer, then to PS Audio DAC, then KEF active speaker, which the streaming is all based on Roon I'd say, the SQ ain't bad at all, I'm quite content.

But just not sure if applying passive speakers with separated Amps would be so much better, cuz I know for sure that'd cost my wallet so much more hahaha...

preston8452 OP
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@larsman

Yeah I noticed that... didn't mean to ruffle any feathers pal... 

preston8452 OP
17 posts
 

@rixthetrick 

Yeah, you can get a RPi4 and install VitOS on it to run!

preston8452 OP
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@rixthetrick  

It's very nice tho, the operation is smooth, and yeah the Rhein Z1 is controlled by VitOS Manager, it got several popular streaming services integrated. 

As for it's performance, I'd say it's great to run as a Roon Core though, just using it as a digital turntable to process the music data, then to Munich M1T. 

 

preston8452 OP
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@rixthetrick 

Haha that sounds indeed fantastic, the only to find out is to give it a try haha, maybe you can contact their local distributor and ask if they can lend u an unit to do some comparisons or something.

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