phoenixdogfan
Major Contributor
Let's look at it this way. For smaller monitor level speakers, many if not most of us, starting from scratch, would probably prefer something like the Genelecs, Neumann's, or possibly the Kii's or the D & D's. But, what is you have a big living room and want something that's both stylish and great sounding. Perhaps then a passive is what you're looking for. Toole and Amir have Studio 2's and Kal Rubinson has Blade II's, if that tells you anything.
As for Asci, I've already invested in a state of the art amp (Purifi Eval 1 Eigentact), a state of the art DAC (Octo Dac 8 Pro), and state of the art DSP (Dirac DLBC), along with 2 subs that can play at 100 db in my room (SVS SB-2000's), so for me the buying decision seems simple: Just get the best passive bookshelf I can afford. That's looking more and more like an ASCI A6B than anything else.
Active or passive is a function of the use case, and what equipment you already have. I think most audiophiles who have already invested literally thousands of dollars in their electronics are going to be very loathe to go to actives, especially if they have to sell their amps and dacs at steep losses, and who can rightly blame them when there are so many outstanding passive designs on the market?
As for Asci, I've already invested in a state of the art amp (Purifi Eval 1 Eigentact), a state of the art DAC (Octo Dac 8 Pro), and state of the art DSP (Dirac DLBC), along with 2 subs that can play at 100 db in my room (SVS SB-2000's), so for me the buying decision seems simple: Just get the best passive bookshelf I can afford. That's looking more and more like an ASCI A6B than anything else.
Active or passive is a function of the use case, and what equipment you already have. I think most audiophiles who have already invested literally thousands of dollars in their electronics are going to be very loathe to go to actives, especially if they have to sell their amps and dacs at steep losses, and who can rightly blame them when there are so many outstanding passive designs on the market?
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