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

I have a pair of meridian dsp8000se and a pair of persona 7f, I've also owned several other well regarded speakers that I sold because I couldn't find a good match between components.

The GE and and new paradigm founder with active woofers are passive speakers with powered woofers built in. The upside is you don't have to worry about driving the woofers so you can choose about any amp and have enough power. If you like using subs in your system these are probably not as much an advantage as they would be to a dedicated 2 channel system that needs muscle in the bass, either way you gotta listen.

You diy's are great at explaining fundamentals, but sometimes ignore the commercial segment many of us are asking about. I get the idea ya'll come from an 'everything being equal' stance where in the retail so much more can effect the quality of sound besides a passive or active xover. As to comparing the founder line to the persona line thats more than double the price paradigm needed a bridge product as the price gap was so wide b4 the founder was introduced.