I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ...

Great discussion, but most of the actives you speak to are north of $10 grand, even the PSI Audio if you add their recommended sub. I was trying to keep the whole system to $10K. 

Did someone say active Moabs?

McIntosh could pull it off. I could see a Mac tower speaker with a built in, specially designed amp. Complete with a blue meter below the woofer somewhere. That would get people's attention at lease

aberyclark :-)

Active can be better because there is no power lost, nor frequency perversions, from having to use more massive crossovers from amps, versus pre-amps.  This does not mean that the active speakers available are not going to be compromised by manufacturing costs.  Saying that the builder does not do such is naivety in the extreme.

Tsunami coming