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

Already had the LTA preamp and just got ATC SCM19A actives. Added a Rhythmic sub and sounds pretty amazing so far.  

LTA is single ended out but no issues driving them with adapters - only a 2M run in my small room

If I was going to go that route I would go for the 

YG acoustic vantage series. 

Yeah it's not cheap, But if I had trade my current system 

That would be the one to get.

I love active speakers. 

Direct amplification and external, line-level analog crossover fits right in with existing systems (and concepts and beliefs). 

Digital crossover and DSP is incredible but... complicated.

 

@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.