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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@thespeakerdude @kota1 

Thank you guys I admire both of you, you come at the problems from different perspectives. 

My BHK 300 amps have tube input stages and Mofset outputs that's the way it should be tube output stages is the weakest part of tube amps, tube amps with very few exceptions are underpowered but what they have going for them is the distortion sounds wonderful. Also if you use the equipment a lot the tubes only last about a year, and degrade from day 1, I'm really tired of it. I think a new build thread seems like a fun idea. I do have that Lyngdorf processor and I'm going to put it back in my home system without the PS Audio preamp and DAC. All outputs are balanced, I just took out a JL Audio CR1 which is an interesting unit that divides the low frequency to optimize for stereo and home theater, but with the Lyngdorf I can program all that. The PS audio equipment is surprisingly good for the money I have all top of the line equipment from them but I've heard more expensive systems that were not nearly as good as mine. Every time I listen to a SS system I think tubes would sound better, there is just a warmth that feels so good at the end of the day. I think I might look at some of the better systems in this group and copy theirs, I really don't want to have a bunch of equipment that is not designed to go together. Steinway is the only company I can find that designed everything together, but it so expensive no one has it and a few people who know say it way over priced, no one says it doesn't sound good. Thanks

Meridian is a company that takes designing things to go together to a completely other level. I have heard their gear (not recommending you change) and while expensive, it sounds great and is absolutely worth it IMO. In a thread on active speakers Meridian is up their with the best for my taste.

I look forward to your new thread.

It is funny how this thread has come full circle, it started with powered speakers being confusing. Now that has been resolved and it seems amplifiers are confusing.😵