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17 of 23 speakers in my studio and home theater systems are internally powered. My studio system is all Genelec and sounds very accurate. I know the best new concert and studio speakers are internally powered there are great technical reasons to design a speaker and an amp synergistically, this concept is much more important to sound quality than the vibration systems we often buy. How can an audiophile justify a vibration system of any sort with this in mind.
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@audioman58 , this also is a matter of taste, you like Bricasti amps, you should use them, you will be happy, NP. For the $20K of a Bricasti and I could get the JBL M2 active speakers, would you consider those reference level? If you wanted to use Bricasti amps, NP, just don’t buy the Crown amps they are usually packaged with, get the speaker,the external crossover/DSP and you have an active speaker driven by whatever amp you choose. Don’t like JBL you can do the same thing with Bryston Actives, buy the speaker, the BAX crossover and BYO amp. https://bryston.com/model-t-active/
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@holmz it is possible I guess, but for a beer budget of $200 this is tough to beat. Look at all the controls on the back of it as well, you can tune it for your setup and no need to buy speaker cables saving more cash:
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Past weekend I auditioned these. I was blown away by their sound. Open, rich, tremendous separation of instruments and placement, sound stage wider than the speaker distance, deep yet tight punchy bass, clear highs. Tastes can differ, but these suit Me. And I like their philisophy ... keep the sound digital until the very end where it feeds the loudspeaker. The speakers feature 4 internal amps and a DSP, via which tuning to your liking is possible, also via a room acoustics measurement system. I thought they are fun to listen to, and will probably be fun to tinker with. Big plus ... no discussions on the effect of cheap or expensive speaker cables ... there are no cables. :)
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