speakers with active bass

Good idea.  

They're usually better than speakers without active but not as room compliant as a pair of optimally located subwoofers. 

My GE Triton References and Triton 1 speakers have active bass.  IMO, it's the only way to fly.

I'd be interested to know if there's anyone who sincerely believes that passive bass is better.  What would the argument be?  I would certainly prefer active bass in any 3-way.  

I ,too, have the GET T1 speakers.  I like them because you CAN optimize them for the specific  room you place them in.  Plus, with a powered speaker,  you don't need a super powerful main amp due to the speaker amp doing most, if not all, of the heavy lifting. A lot of "audiophiles" also maintain that the bass in a powered speaker seams better than the bass from a separate subwoofer.  I don't know that for sure.  After many passive speakers, I prefer the sonic performance of the powered speaker.   Have a good one.     

Ok best bass-is a active , no question , there are a clear explanation
why,  All convention passive loudspeakers ( does not matter from price) get  low pass crossover,  Main element is induction coil. The coil get DC resistance . This resistance is reduce bass control , . My question ,why the majority high end  company still avoid  powered bass

  

janewyman,

I’m interested in the getting the T1 speakers.  What setup are you using to drive them?

thanks

JD

Because audiophiles generally hate the idea of amplifiers in the speakers that they cannot select themselves.  

@curiousjim...............................

if if this helps, I power my T1 with a 200wpc McIntosh Integrated and my T Refs with a McIntosh 150wpc power amp. I rarely use more than 15 watts and I was getting 101db peaks.  I did that once to test the system.  Most of my listening is in the 85-90db range. 

@chayro   Audiophile owners LS with active bass module still get chance to choose any external amplifier .  External amplifier power from 150 Hz
and up  and let   you use less power amp, and same money,   

It makes sense, but I think there is a resistance to it from a sheer marketing standpoint.  

ciriousjim
I have Bryson4sq amp/pre and a Bit 20.  Everything is plugged into Furutec rec's and four ded circuits.   All in all, it's OK, until I listen to a $400K setup that features a lot of Vandersteen equipment.

Jim Salk not only builds powered subs into his higher-priced loudspeaker models, he does so with the Rythmik Servo-Feedback sub!

I have been listening to Evolution Acoustics mm2.  I was chasing bass for my large room for years until I got them. Never could integrate added subs