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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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Together with the built-in amplifiers and digital signal processors, the powerful woofers operate down to 17 Hz. This is not possible for traditional loudspeakers.

@kota1 Well, I take that kind of marketing babble with a grain of salt, but they did go deep and they stayed controlled, not boomy. What they can also do is change the bass level depending on volume. Like we used to have a loudness switch on an amp in the old days. This now is a fluent change, lower volume, gradual lifted bass. It really makes a difference.

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Do you PM anyone with the company you work for so they can check out your product ? Thanks 

@kota1 ,  Atmos may be cool for cinema and gaming but not for an ultimate two channel system, they just do not need that kind of help. All you are doing is adding more distortion. My system sounds better, much better without it. If your system sounds better with it you have work to do. I HATE headphones. I use special Etymotic ear buds to protect my hearing when I am mowing the lawn, cutting down trees or riding the motorcycle. Music is a visceral experience you feel the music as well as hear it. Headphones cut off 1/2 the experience.