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17 of 23 speakers in my studio and home theater systems are internally powered. My studio system is all Genelec and sounds very accurate. I know the best new concert and studio speakers are internally powered there are great technical reasons to design a speaker and an amp synergistically, this concept is much more important to sound quality than the vibration systems we often buy. How can an audiophile justify a vibration system of any sort with this in mind.

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Showing 1 response by glennewdick

How do you think vibration effects the sound?  To me this is mute, the only way i know of that an electronic component will be affected by vibrations is if there is a magnetic field in the area strong enough to induce current in the system due to said vibrations. There are micro magnetic fields everywhere and some even higher ones due to sun activity, etc. but even those can be easily filtered out in electronic systems, ie feedback, shielding etc. If you're not getting hum in your system from hi magnetic fields (note usually grounding issues), I don't see how the amp inside or outside makes much difference if designed well. 

Thats my take but i may be missing something or maybe.