Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused


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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I also had designs of an optical digital laser microphone that could listen from miles away. Hope no one figures out that one. 

 

I hate to break your bubble on this one. Those have been around since the 80's probably earlier. I don't know if they were initially designed as a surveillance tool, but that was one application. They can pick up the vibrations on window glass. Now they are a common industrial tool as well.

Powered ATC monitors rule the mixing/mastering world. I think most dudes are just attached to components as it’s ritualistic.

donavabdear, do any of your Genelec speakers have the dynamic correctness and dynamic excitement and immediacy of a large properly designed fully horn loaded system with horn bass in the low 20s Hz range, DSP crossed over, speaker corrected, room corrected, phase and time corrected speaker system?

@kingharold 

We know the answer to the part of your post prior to “DSP crossed over …” That is, they remain unresponsive here because they’d have to give us an admission, but if pressed they will likely counter thar the traits pointed out by you on all-horns are unfit for domestic environments. To many an MFR it seems even their weaknesses have to be sold off as the opposite.