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Do Active Speakers Belong In A High End System?

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In a pair of active speakers, you have removed the high end amplifier from from the equation. The amps on an active speaker will probably be class D plate amps.

All of the flowery adjectives to describe high end amps and high end speaker cables in a system go right out the window when using active speakers.

Is a serious active full-range tower speaker a high-end audiophile possibility? I rarely read about active speakers on this forum in a two channel system.
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zd542
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"In a pair of active speakers, you have removed the high end amplifier from from the equation."

That's a problem. A high end system usually calls for a high end amp.

"Is a serious active full-range tower speaker a high-end audiophile possibility?"

Only if it sounds good.
plato
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The technology is there... it could be easily done and done well. The question is which companies will be the first to start the trend?
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philjolet
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Active ATCs are among the best sounding stereos I have ever heard

so YES
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swampwalker
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Can be done well at modest cost as well. My NHT M00s are killer near field monitors w built in amp that I use at my computer. but I wouldn't consider an active speaker for my big rig 'cause I've never heard a SS amp that I prefer over the hollow state amps I use.
c1ferrari
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Properly set-up ATC actives are quite good.
Different ATC 'amp packs', including class A, are available.
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