@erik_squires wrote:
I’m not running a broad based research project here.
Some would simply refer to it as going down the rabbit hole, actively in this context and within the confinements of time, energy, capabilities and budget. Budget is typically the lesser issue, whereas one’s overall commitment and keeping an open mind through the process is the real determinant of the outcome.
We’re seeing left and right the investment, one way and the other, audiophiles put into their setups with passively configured speakers, but every now and then the occasion presents itself with an active system, albeit mostly via bundled, preconfigured solutions. So, when the rarer occasion arises with an outboard active approach, DIY at that, it’s where I’m thinking that it has to be explored more broadly, like one would with a passively configured setup, but that’s just me (and others as well, it seems).
That is to say: active is more than mere plug-and-play and convenience from a more or less bundled package; it offers all you can throw at it, more than you could passively even, and the permutations and sheer potential here from a better amp-to-driver interface is intriguing to say the least. It’s what you make of it.
I have specific needs I want to accomplish. I will use a stereo amplifier for each speaker and I will put each amplifier underneath a speaker.
Yes, that’s obvious by now, and fair enough. Hope it turns out to your liking.