Who has gone fully active? What speakers and preamp did you end up with?


Open question for A'goners who have traded in their floor heaters for fully active speakers.  What did you end up with?

PS - This is not a thread to help me buy, more of an open discussion on a narrow theme.  Thanks!

Thanks!

erik_squires

Showing 2 responses by willywonka

@patrickdowns I have heard the Dutch and Dutch and they sound good BUT they are DSP based and if memory serves me right, they down sample everything down to 64 khz. I also didn't like the fact that they needed a connection ran between both speakers. I do really like the active ATC speakers. They don't use DSP's and sound amazing.

@erik_squires You need at least a 10-1 ratio between the amp and preamp in normal situations but I’m unsure about active amps in speakers. I wouldn’t think it would be any different. I would think 10k Ohms wouldn’t be a problem for most preamps. My Tube preamp is 300 ohms on the output. Also, my amplifier’s balanced input is 10K Ohms and it works great. I'm very interested in Active speakers and have been eying the ATC SCM50A for a long time.