Why are we so passive?

has anyone mentioned price? owning a nice amp and being able to upgrade spkrs w/o having to replace amp is a waste of $$. it does not make sense to re-purchase amp everytime you want to change out spkrs. as noted above, tubes in a spkr cabinet is a heckuva challenge as well

maybe i am unclear on precise definition of term 'active speaker' in regards to OP. i asumed active was describing speaker with amp built in. if so, i meant to say that if one wanted to upgrade speakers one would have to purchase an entirely differnt built in amp as well which would increase overall cost. is it just me who has this confusion as i see that some are defining the term differently. i see marketing that uses 'active speaker'to mean speaker 'with built in power supply'. ala 'active subwoofer'. i think this term may be used in different contexts to mean different things?.

thanks for clarification undertow. i apparently used the 'common generic' definition.. my bad. fwiw, cos. have been selling all in one designs for decades. technical issues aside, if there was a way to satisfy both a lover of chamber music and a heavy metal fan in one design it would have been achieved by now. i presume most a-goners have fairly well trained ears tuned to their musical preferences and living conditions etc. so i do not see a market selling packaged systems to this crowd. but as lush says: that's just my opinion, what do i know.

with enuf $$$ a single package ultimately may be produced to satisfy all. makes me think of the car homer invented in the simpsons. btw, in that episode did anyone notice the thiel like speakers in uncle herbs' mansion? danny devito did the voiceover...

nailed it lush! mankind is always reinventing the wheel and calling it advancement and evolution! and kudos for using the term 'begs the question' correctly. tastes come and go but they are always relative and subjective. fwiw, the concept of evolution in general is very recent in the human experience. altho i do loves my xrcd's and dsd discs.

FANTASTIC NEWS! we can now shut down this industry once and for all. should be no more than 6-8 mos before we have all replaced the second rate set ups we assembled. i never thought i would live this long, now if we can just reverse global warming within the next few weaks we really got it goin on. nothing like superlative to get my VISA card swiped. anybody with vintage mac amps ... i will pick up for $20 and travel fare.