Ah coolPassive have the advantage of being able to swap out the amplifier(s) if there is ever a issue or one just wants a new amp etc.
It's half a dozen and 6 of the other situation. It depends on the implementation. If the DSP with speaker is done properly then that would be very good and vice versa. It really depends on each specific model.Ah cool
Apart from practicality, is there any sonic advantage?
I’m actually considering making my own speakers as a DIY project.If you DIY your own active monitors you have best of both worlds
I would disagree that a pair of Genelec's would be paper weights in that time frame.If you have CTA-2034 measurements and the ability to apply DSP yourself there are huge reliability advantages, in 5-10 years most active monitors are going to be paper weights it seems when they fail and you can't get them fixed any longer. Passive speakers usually last much longer but will never match the response of an active monitor if they are properly designed with DSP. To me the best of both worlds is to do the DSP on your end and use passive monitors for the reliability.
Do you have any advice or resources on tweeter to woofer distance, and finding the ideal crossover frequency?One area where passives can be better than DSP speakers is in regards to delay. Every DSP speaker adds delay to do various things: analog-to-digital conversion, digital signal processing, digital-to-analog conversion, implementation of FIR filters and time alignment at the crossover frequencies. This is very important for monitoring live music where DSP speakers are not generally used. It can also be useful for video games where minimizing delay is important. Most A/V systems have some level of video delay or allow for delay calibration which makes the 5 ms - 20 ms of delay not a big deal. Dumb amps and passive speakers don't have this problem because they are strictly minimum phase.
Passive have the advantage of being able to swap out the amplifier(s) if there is ever a issue or one just wants a new amp etc.
Ahh grasshopper. You are mistaken. lol. I meant a bi or tri amp'd or more system with external amps.You assume the amp is inside the speaker, which is absolutely (to me) not the ideal way to do it.
A great fully active system means you have an external DSP which feeds external amps (say, 8 channels for a 4 way), which then feeds the speakers individually.