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Intriguing inquiry, are floor-stand speakers always better than active speakers?

elnaldo said:
Another detail sometimes overlooked is the crossover. Active biamped speakers have active crossovers at line level, which are way more precise than a passive crossover at the speaker side. You'll see a woofer or tweeter inside a bi-amplified active speaker is connected directly to the amplifier without any passive crossover.

I fix powered speakers all the time, and usually the more expensive studio monitors sound very very good indeed... I'd say it's hard to beat them... Not a tiny budget speaker, but a high quality 2 ways monitor is defintely a very good speaker. On the other hand, I think they won't last 40, 50 or 60 years as many solid state amps and passive speakers still working today.

NO AFFILIATION, but this is a €100K powered speaker: https://www.bang-olufsen.com/es/es/altavoces/beolab-90
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Would be nice if they actually showed the driver's in those B&O cabinets, as opposed to several photos of basically the same thing
 
It depends, I’ve heard great passives and great actives. There are some awesome sounding active floorstanders out there too from ATC and Elac. Actives can save one from having to invest in pre/power and in some cases save you money. There is no universal one is better than the other. It all comes down to what one is trying to accomplish within their space, preference and means.
 
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