I wouldn't say passive are always better than active. Price wise you could get a better setup going passive up to a point. If your price range starts around $10K that's where active becomes more attractive.
Intriguing inquiry, are floor-stand speakers always better than active speakers?
Hi guys,
Just a general wondering though, nowadays I've seen a lot of new active speakers, and truth to be told, I find them quite professional indeed, when I go into an audio shop and ask some advice, some might even encourage to purchase the bookshelf speakers, as they're more cost-effective and space-saving hahah.
All that asides, regarding the sound quality matter, it ain't bad at all, but I'm not sure if it's my living room just not that big or some technical matters, the sound experience is actually vivid, but yeah I also think when you put the extra circuit inside the speaker for amplifying use, it'd certainly affect the original performance more or less. Especially under this digital streaming era, every part seems to be specifically separated, so it can perform to its fullest, and lessen the interference between each device.
Anyways, let me know what you think, I'd be grateful, or maybe share you existing setup with us!
Best,
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My current setup is a Silent Angel Rhein Z1 which runs a Roon Core, then Munich M1T as a Roon Ready streamer, then to PS Audio DAC, then KEF active speaker, which the streaming is all based on Roon I'd say, the SQ ain't bad at all, I'm quite content. But just not sure if applying passive speakers with separated Amps would be so much better, cuz I know for sure that'd cost my wallet so much more hahaha... |
Actually its probably NOT only his opinion. But why even point it out at all, as if his opinion has little or no veracity? The OP asked for "opinions" FWIW I have found that I agree with @ghdprentice more often than not and his experience is what I too have experienced, though my system is more modest. And I suspect there are plenty of others here who would agree with his opinion here also. So what is it about his experience which bothered you enough to share your opinion of his? |
If I did not already have an amp(s) etc. I would be considering the active speakers. The Genelecs and Kef are pretty good and it gets better if one can run balanced lines to them. There is a review on the new small Genelecs (8331A) and they are $2500/each. One also saves some coin on fuses and speaker cables.
On the other hand… there is an avoidance of them in audiophile groups.
If one was starting from scratch, it seems like an easy choice to mix the amp, speaker, and cables into one engineered solution.
Now if the budget is 40k for speakers, it might be different story. However there is not a lot of objective measured data on many of those speakers… so it becomes more of a listen and decide endeavour.
Sota TT —> Nagra Phono stage —> Audible Illusions preamp —> PrimaLuna Dialogue HP —> Vandy 2C and sub |
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