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You do you man. 

If being totally restricted in regards to amplification and speakers are your thing?

Then go for it.  I enjoy switching out components for different music and to tinker. 

You do you. Enjoy. 
 

A powered speaker is really the epitome of an integrated, better yet a Bose Wave Radio, B&W Zeppelin. 

$2.00 cable from Amazon from his iPad to his powered integrated speakers. 

Never bought a single piece of equipment based on some review in a trade rag.

I auditioned each piece of equipment in my system in my listening room. 

Period! If a dealer would not play then I don't pay.

You all can, but I am taking no mans word! 

Genelec’s G Three transduces more unpolluted truth than any other small speaker I’ve auditioned..... My highest recommendation -Herb Reichert

Have never seen a speaker with McLaren on the side of it. Have seen a McLaren with Klipsch painted on it.

@donavabdear I do not have one piece of BIG NAME equipment in my exquisite sounding system nor any China either.

McLaren Racing - Klipsch

If your speaker are sponsored by F1 cars, they don’t go fast or thunder down straightaways like F1 cars, if you buy F1 speakers it does not mean you are cool like F1 drivers.

BTW I am in Guitar Center every couple of weeks. I fancy myself as a guitar hack. 

@kota1 Thanks I have no real interest in Powered Monitors. over the last 25 years have dealt with local dealers that allow me to audition a piece in my system before I spend a dime. Like buying a car I get the dealer to let me take it home for the weekend. Did it with my Alfa and my Hellcat. 

You just need to know who these dealers are and develop a relationship with them.

My point is what works in Herbs rig is not going to work in my rig. Never buy gear based on trade rags or what is posted here. 

@donavabdear I also have vintage  guitar amps  Vox Essex, Marshall Plexi, and a Fender Twin Reverb, I am still a hack.

Love the tube sound and that will always keep me away from powered speakers for my home system's . 

Cheers. 

@brianlucey thank you for sharing your link and paper on your studio. Big Black Keys fan (Ohio Boys too). Clearly you are a subject matter expert in this field.

Go Blue!

@cindyment is back.

Confused, nope. Just recall all the junk powered speakers sold, Peavy, Sharper Image crap.

I am sure there is some real nice stuff out now. But I will stick with what I have now. Tubes, Class A and Class A-B with well matched passive speakers by Sonner and QLN.

Not slamming the door on powered speakers but I am not making any changes.

@cindyment is back. 

Funny at WBF lots of manufacturers participate. 

Lol ASR review. Weak. 

Speaker of the year over at Twittering Machines. 

Spoken like a HT guy.

I thought the trunk was the bast place for a subwoofer.

the absolute best place for a sub woofer is on the floor in a corner. The next best place is on the floor against a wall. You are sort of horn loading the sub. The only problem is time alignment which can be easily taken care of digitally. You can see the group delay with a good measurement system but in order to correct it you need DSP.