Thoughts on Active/Passive Speakers? Looking for pros and cons.

One of the pros with the Founder 120h is it comes with ARC so it should be easier to optimize the subwoofer to the room, the con is sometimes the subwoofers optimal position isn't where you need to place your speakers. There are different types of active speakers, to me the best now use all DSP controlled crossovers. Most have the electronics inside the speaker but some like the JBL M2 use a seperate amplifier/controller. 

Only con of active is you can’t tune the sound with different amps. All other things being equal are better IMO. 

Only con of active is you can’t tune the sound with different amps. All other things being equal are better IMO.

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Active speakers have their SONIC limitations for sure. UNLESS the amps has swappable opamps. Easy fix for the right class d amp..
Sure changed the way NC500 sounded. SI vs Sparco vs Sparco pro vs Wiess.. ALL different.. Sparco 2590s and small planars.. Hard pressed to beat that speed and sound.. Jet black background.. .5 distortion at 400 watts and 115 db.. 9.8 ohms. Serious undistorted power..

The bass and MB 300hz and below. Under 10% Hard to get below 10% without DSP and or a GOOD servo system.. I use both..

I stopped most of the waves in the neighbors pool. When I want too. ;-)

Regards

Active has a lot of limitations.  And not only that the complexity is not worth it.  For low end to mid fi, may make some sense.  But high end will always be passive.

actives can be simpler, more convenient, space efficient, as the amp and speaker are one (at least till something doesn't work right)

passives are decoupled, so they offer choice/optionality of amp/speaker

performance, value, cost depend totally on the specific design and implementation