Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused

Due to incipient and clearly evil air born vibrations of all sorts, it's important to remember to never play music through any gear near any speakers. Further, it's also important to avoid the use of any speakers in the first place to listen to music as the internal wiring will be subject to the aforementioned vibrations and, seriously, who wants that? Only listen to acoustic instruments played by yourself or solo musicians nearby, and avoid any live groups of musicians as, clearly, their vibrations will be having an effect on each other while they play...yuck! Get springs for your shoes to help you to not vibrate, and never under any circumstances go outdoors as, man...there are vibrations everywhere.

Mr. W. Garcia

BINGO!

oops, bingo

This topic of active speakers and confusion is not new, maybe that's why I wasn't offended by it. This is not the first thread to discuss this "perceived" confusion and it won't be the last I am sure. For example, ten pages of posts on same over at headfi:

Please don't shoot the messenger on his first post.  I appreciate Brian's music, but there is a glaring incongruity in his position that I am surprised all the experts here have not noticed.

The MMThree / MMThree Exact is an active speaker. It has a built in 1000W amplifier to drive the woofers. The more astute will take note of the -3db point. 10Hz. The only way to do that with a box that small, small for 10Hz, is with an active system that increases the drive to the woofer as the frequency drops like many subwoofers do. Frequency correction is active speaker basics.

There is another incongruity that is pretty obvious, but this crowd is harsh, so I will let them figure it out on their own.