@donavabdear
I hope even someone stumbling onto this thread has at least seen why quality powered speakers are superior
I would hope they simply see the advantages, especially price to performance ratio.
I have been pointing out the problems with powered speakers
Actually all you have done is praise the Genelecs, you may not realize it but the perception I get is you point out the problems of the 9H (passive), the subs (active) and the amp (hybrid). Then you pointed out problems of buying mismatched gear, so no, I didn’t get that point the problem is with powered speakers.
If all the components were made for each other the entire system would sound better.
To the point, your Genelecs sync, your curated system has stumbled a bit. AFTER you audition a matched Bryston, JBL, or Meridian active system we can discuss.
I realize that I have a matched system of Paradigm speakers, Anthem amps, and a Paradigm streamer/transport. If I got an Anthem AVM processor it would be completely matched but it lacks some features I like.
I had way more headroom than everyone else
You said the magic word HEADROOM, you can’t get the headroom an active system provides with MCH amps in a HT, impossible because all those channels draw from the same power supply. Like sticking 7 straws in a drink and saying its better.
Sound now has more resolution in every way than we can hear
It’s sad, MCH sounds more lifelike than hirez according to the Sound and Vision reviewer. Blind test a red book vs hirez recording with 10 untrained listeners and how many can spot the difference reliably? Put 10 people in a room for the same demo the reviewer got with Miles (hirez vs atmos) and it would be 100% reliable which one is which.
So naturally manufactures should market the most efficient speaker/amp/DAC/Streamer system possible
Bryston is already doing that, those speakers measure like a Floyd Toole master class in speaker design. The passive measure great, the active even better. Same with JBL synthesis, same with Meridian. People buy what they want, not what has the best validated performance. My Paradigm active speakers measure and perform better in every way than their passive counter part. Guess which design had a longer run? The one that was worse, go figure.
nope they are very happy to have all of us waste money buying everything separately
The members here are more sophisticated than a Best Buy shopper. Go look at their systems and if you tell them they are wasting money they are happy doing it, LOL. You got to offer what the customers want, not what they should want. Hence, the reason I like this thread you started, active is a wiser investment on a dollar to SQ basis. They are the opposite of wasteful.
getting it wrong most of the time then buying more and more and more equipment.
Says the man about to buy $$$ speakers without a proper audition, go figure.
What about we change it to:
Getting it RIGHT most of the time by AUDITIONING more and more equipment.
