@texbychoice
Regarding requisite personal knowledge, not a single post in this thread provides verifiable technical bona fides, only opinions or recitation of personal system usage experience.
I strongly encourage you to point out exactly where anything I said is not supported either by current products in the market or current research into active speaker design. Not one thing I have posted is an opinion. Everything I have posted is factually supported including advanced active speaker methods which I provided many of the more simple links available for people to read up on the topic not that many posts behind your own. You made 2 posts in 3 months, both negative against people with industry knowledge.
Carburettors are in constant need of adjustment, cleaning, and perform poorly across engine loading, temperature, and other environmental conditions and while being comparatively inefficient. While easy to repair, that repair rate is much higher all while experiencing a significantly inferior experience. You would be hard pressed to find a fuel injected outboard motor owner who wants to transition back to carbureted. They exist, but they are a minority.
The potential longevity of stereo equipment is at odds with the fully integrated active speaker implementation for a portion of the market. However, the potential for superior performance at a reduced system prices (speaker, amp, DAC, cables), means that reduced total potential life is balanced by lower cost of ownership and lower lost opportunity costs of tied up capital easily offsetting the lack of highly extended life. There is even the potential for entrepreneurs to offer new business models.
