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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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@thespeakerdude ​​​​@kota1 Really looking forward to the world premier of your new YouTube channel and podcast. I think it should be called "The final word in sound". You guys could argue for an hour each week, it would be perfect!

Suppose we did build 3D printed rooms that we could take time to fine tune everything about the sound, would the color of the room make a difference would the kind of drink you had made a difference in how you enjoyed it (caffeine does change hearing) if the room sounded "perfect" but was ugly would anyone enjoy the sound? The more I think of building the perfect room the more I understand why Storyk rooms are so beautiful, it’s for the same reason why I love my Mercedes AMG GT-c and love the way it performs it’s not the fastest car ever but it helps me understand the saying "Contentment is poverty of desire". I love this car in a the way I want to love my sound system, really exciting, keeps me on the edge of my emotions, and a little dangerous. I’m not there yet but you guys have given me some good ideas. Thanks

 

@o_holter I love tube amps also, I don't know of speakers that are made for tube amps, the dampening factor for a solid state and a tube amp would be very different, generally tube amps don't have near the power of SS amps of course, it there were speakers that were designed for a tube amp that would be a big deal and I would go out and buy it.

@kota1 is right outboard crossovers, at line level, then amplified to a speaker that was designed for that particular tube amp would be amazing. @kota1 probably knows of a company that does just this, that's the answer.

@donavabdear 

generally tube amps don't have near the power of SS amps of course,

If you jump on this before it is gone you will not regret:

 

See page 4 about how to get a tube sound quality from this SS amp and page 13 on how to biamp with an external crossover and the specs on pg 18,

 in the manual HERE:

 

I spend enough time arguing with people who know what they are talking about @donavabdear . I don't have much time for those that don't.​​​​