Intriguing inquiry, are floor-stand speakers always better than active speakers?

This question thread is related to the room dimension and the way the room will be acoustically controlled or not....And ESPECIALLY here of the quality of amplification like said my friend above: high quality class D will do the job...

Es^pecially if the room is controlled for these speakers response...Vibrations controls is especially important for sure....

Good discussion folks. I like a thread that makes me smarter by providing me with more information than I started with. Thanks. 

one day, they built the best floor standing speaker you have ever heard. 

The next day, someone built an active speaker that was better then the best floor standing speaker

The following day....

@holmz 

I suppose I can, but like each device can perform to its best separately I guess, hahah, PS Audio is real mellow, and Silent Angel Munich M1T is a new Roon Ready streamer, so I thought it wouldn't hurt to give it a try, turned out it was't bad at ball 😂

There is an economic aspect of active speakers that has a big impact on the market. In general, creating the best system possible at say $25K, $50K, or $200K… typically speakers would be the most expensive investment. You start adding more functions to speakers like amplification, then they get even more expensive. Most audiophiles are not rich enough to just plunk down 50% of there final investment or more in speakers. But they work over time to get there. There is an economic advantage in being able to get the best speakers at any given time and upgrade the amp and other aspects as money becomes available.

So, for the time being this is a real headwind for companies creating active speakers. Less competition, higher cost… smaller niche… I can’t see anything changing this soon.