Journey ending speakers

ATC did it for me.

I'd like to hear the  ATC's actively.  After hearing what Vandersteen does with a semi active, I would like to hear a fully active one.  I don't like Meridian at all.  I heard one from Germany that uses ribbons, that didn't do it for me a few years ago.  It was fairly expensive (or unfairly to me, lol), but not my cup of tea.  I'd kill for a pair of the Vandy 7's with his high passed amp as that's an active system (especially with the new 9 subs) but the amps are in a separate box which is basically what Linn does too (I own the smaller Linn system for the bedroom and don't love it, lol).  

I do think that active speakers could have a great future, but too many want to pick and chose their own components in the US so that's probably not going to happen. lol

Well folks, the one thing we can be sure of is that we all perceive sound differently and thus the wide range of tastes expressed in this thread.  Hey, this is why there are so many manufacturers in audio. Although my current speakers (Vandersteen Treo CT with two 2wq subs.) is the sound for me they certainly would not sound optimum to many of you regardless of whether they employ new or old tech.

One absolute in my experience...I ALWAYS learn something about my own set-up after listening to someone else's system.  The experience may simply confirm what I thought of my rig or provoke me to investigate what I might do to hear a specific sonic aspect that I just heard elsewhere.

After all, it's not just about the gear it's about how we set it up and tweak it to sound the most musical to us.

+1 hifiman5

Change the speakers right now. As fast as you can    Spend as much as you can on next pair. JBL a great speaker but it's 2017. Don't take this message the wrong way
  Also upgrade that DAC