Thoughts on Active/Passive Speakers? Looking for pros and cons.

One of the pros with the Founder 120h is it comes with ARC so it should be easier to optimize the subwoofer to the room, the con is sometimes the subwoofers optimal position isn't where you need to place your speakers. There are different types of active speakers, to me the best now use all DSP controlled crossovers. Most have the electronics inside the speaker but some like the JBL M2 use a seperate amplifier/controller. 

I've never heard a passive that could do what Dutch and Dutch 8c can do control the directivity down to 100hz. I've never heard a passive come close to top line actives like Genelec. To each there own. 

I prefer the former but I’m not a DIY guy and I don’t want to fry a speaker using the wrong parameters. I know some have used different amps and tweaked the settings for JBL M2’s but setting up actives with DSP crossovers is more than simply picking what amp you like and randomly plugging numbers in the control engine.

I would trust a mic more than my ears but I'm 65 so...

Nearly everyone but not all.