active speakers, Paradise? Trouble in paradise?

You should also take a look at at the Meyer Sound product line.

http://www.meyersound.com/

In particular, their studio line.

Shadorne stated:

IMHO though audiophiles will be most rewarded by getting into a three way active - like Adam Tensor, larger PMC's, larger ATC's or Barefoot MM27. Expensive unfortunately but impressive - hell yes!

Had a nice taste of the ATC SCM150ASL Pro...these may very well be my next loudspeaker -- other than a full-range plasma, of course :-)

Regards,
Sam

Spiritualized

Thanks much... I did... how come few if any of these folks seldom post prices?

Isn't the 10K input impeadance of the largest portion of active loudspeakers as much a concern as would be the other usual attributes of speakers?

10K input imp is quite low and could account for a poor match between an active preamp and these active monitors... even though the output imp of mine is below 400 i THINK.. AND I BELIEVE AT 1K.

Any thoughts here on the practical application of active line stage pre and active speakers with 10K input imps?

I tossed this about while entertaining thoughts on a new amp (s), forgoing those whose imp were 10K, and seeking ones with 50K or higher instead... to be safe.... er.

10K input impedance is accepted as the appropriate value. Generally a minimum of 10:1 contrast between input and output impedance is desired.

Raising the impedance well above 10K is not going to improve things - in fact it will likely result in greater sensitivity to micro-currents (ground loops, stay EMF etc.) which will make things worse in some situations. Although many active speakers use XLR balanced inputs and if these are well designed and properly balanced with respect to ground then ground loops and EMF/RF induced noise is already minimized significantly compared to RCA.