I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ...
jperry- and you care about what he says because ...? You need to listen for yourself. It’s not the listening part I was questioning it’s the compact nature of the active speaker over that of a passive and what better effects they might have on a lousy room. Something, I thought an active speaker may be a better solution for. Also, it seems extremely difficult to listen to active speakers anywhere, at least around this neck of the woods. So if I want to listen for myself, it looks like I have to arrange a purchase with an in-home trial. If that’s the case, I really need to narrow down the field as I don’t want to get on the return shipping merry-go-round. SG states about ¾’s of the way through his rant that "as the speaker ages you get stuck with the out-of-date DSP" According to Buchardt their active speakers have been designed to be upgradable by switching out the active module which can be easily done in 5 minutes with only a screwdriver. They will be producing a series of videos on how to do this shortly. Not sure if any of the other active speaker manufacturers offer this option to upgrade, but it sounds like a good future proof feature. |
rsure ... the downside of losing everything if something goes wrong is a huge negative, at least for me ...Same here. That’s one reason I buy separates. It shouldn’t be rocket science to find an amplifier well-suited to any given speaker. If that’s not the case, then there’s something wrong with the speaker. |
This is just his (Steve G.) opinion and he has not tried other active speakers. I have heard the ELAC Navis ARB-51's active speakers and they are great. I think all audiophiles at least should give active speakers a try, why not? It is part of the hobby. Bryston has an interesting approach to active speakers: https://bryston.com/active-loudspeakers/
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