Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers

I had some LS50 wireless speakers awhile back and it allowed me to focus my efforts on treating my room with a bunch of gik 244 panels and monster traps.  The imaging and bass are next level now and I am a firm believer in treating your listening room.  I've actually become very sensitive to the way different rooms sound.  I'm currently using Dynaudio Xeo 6's and love them.

With that in mind, the gentleman that I bought my Monster Bass Traps from has an amazing studio with an awesome, awesome setup.  Tubes and some huge Tyler Acoustics that have been fully upgraded. He's selling off his setup and going with those Dutch and Dutch 8c monitors instead.  He confirmed that they just sound amazing and have far less room interactions.  

Back to the original post though, I hope that Active Speakers take over.  I absolutely love the idea of them and have enjoyed the Kef LS50 wireless' for many many hours, same is true now of these Dynadio XEO 6's.  I'm guessing that my next 2 purchases will be active speakers as well.  Maybe the new Edifier S3000 Pro and the new Dynaudio Xeo 20.

Those JBL wireless speakers about the size of a can of redbull is probably as close to hi end as the upcoming generation is going to get. I've had 7 pair of full range highly regarded speakers pass through my listening room in the last 5 years all passive and component matching was a legitimate issue. I had the salon 2's for about a year and sold them because I couldn't afford to go down the amplifier upgrade path. With active speakers especially complex, high end speakers at least component matching has been taken care of and we know going in exactly how much the system will cost once complete that placement and room treatments are the only variables left. Being an audiophile on a budget I need to know final cost going in and buying passive speakers is a gamble!

Don't underestimate the upcoming generation. Probably much smarter than we and will not be fooled as easily by the "tweaking" audio industry. 

@steve59 


what jbl wireless speakers are high end?

anyone tried the dynaudio xeo 20s? or 10s? cheers

or the acoustic energy AE1s?    Thanks

I was being cynical, those little bluetooth JBL's at BB for around $100-150 and can be linked aren't hi-end and to us but i'm suggesting they'll be the newest, latest, greatest hifi invention.

Kenjit I stated the small jbl wireless were probably the closest this generation, which I apparently needed to clarify as the cellphone generation will be quite happy with those little dsp battery powered jbl is putting out in several colors for a buck and a half that can be wirelessly linked for stereo and even surround sound. You should go to BB and check them out.

I will from this day forward refer to my non-powered speakers as "inactive."