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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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Chuck, it was not my intent to disparage class D amps, far from it.
I am moving in that direction myself. I've read lots of good things about them.
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Schubert, ....yikes! I hadn't thought of that aspect. -
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With the rise in popularity of Class D amps, it would seem to be a no-brainer for active speakers to begin to flourish in the marketplace. Their small size and light weight certainly make it feasible to attach them to full sized full-range towers.

I think it would take one of the big boys in the passive speaker camp to start offering an active speaker option to get things going on a large scale.

I would hazard to guess that 99.9% of the speaker systems here on the 'Gon are passive. Not counting subwoofers of course.
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I wanna see actives in a big rig.
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A home audio big rig.
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