Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers

I would say the Doobie Brothers is the group that had the overall highest standard when it comes to recording technique in the 70’s and 80’s. And why not musicality as well. Just listen to Takin’ it to the streets. Not a hint of distortion or bad EQing or painful compression. Just perfect. On active speakers playing at 105db... :-)

ATC has very revealing Midrange but I think they lack in Bass overall across their speaker range due to how they load the drivers up.

If you are requiring something thats Fatigue Free but has the transparency of Studio but with a more musical presentation (Warm Emotional) I would Highly Recommend the Quested Active Speaker Line with a tube Pre-amplifier. The Bass is tuneful and just right, the highs are smooth and the midrange is almost as revealing as the ATC but tends to be warmer and smoother and more forgiving on lesser recordings, which overall works better especially with Digital Recordings. 

There's several pair of dsp8000's on ag for under $10k and if your listening room is big enough they really are the best i've been able to assemble for the money, compared to quality separates, I mean. As much as I liked the sound of the Ki3's at axpona I was a little disturbed when I put my hand on the top of a speaker and it was vibrating like crazy..It was wrapped in rubber so noise was deadened, but still. 

gosta: Doobie Bros, a Don Landee and Ted Templeman project, they did a lot of cool stuff in the 70s through 80s.  A power house those two!   I do think takin it to the streets while a great song and album but not my sonic favorite of the era.  Good bass playing, but poor low end on that record!   My 70s sonic best would be Dreamboat Annie (Heart), Fleetwood Mac (white album) 1975, Crime of the Century (Supertramp) 1974, and Aja (Steely Dan) 1977, Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) 1973 and personal favorite Court and Spark (Joni Mitchell) 1974.  All sonically excellent albums with incredible low end, sound incredible on vinyl.  I used all of them for demo back in a hi end hi fi store in the mid to late 70s.  

Sorry to hijack this thread a little but musical tips hopefully never bad.
lonemountain: You're probably right about the missing low end but my point were more about the distorsion free completely clean recording. Pump up the volume on your ATC to 105 db and play Takin' it to the streets. Frightening. You expect something to explode when they attack the bass and drums. Sorry Ican't say the same about Crime of the Century. Historic record with fantastic music, but lots of distortion and edgy sounds. At least for me on CD and Tidal. 
A hidden secret maybe: France Gall "Concert public Concert privé". There you have the incredible bass player Sonny Thompson (know too little about him unfortunately) doing all solos and also all the melody playing. The rest of the band merely joining in. The first cd is acoustic (almost...) and certainly have the deepest possible electric bass. Great music.