+1 with Duke on this one,
My biggest issue with "all in one" active monitors is they stuff all the electronics in one box. Not a big deal when doing a pair of speakers unless you really depend on them. Pearljam does not strike me as a person that purchases speakers and will remain content with them for many years--basically, purchase what the cool kids run an pitch them when they break. Not something I do, I don't run a pair of speakers any more.
Ya know--multi-channel with Atmos speakers in the ceiling thing. Think of the fun of having amps that need an AC line AND a signal line. Now throw four (or six) of them in the ceiling and give them power? How? No problem, just put wall outlets at the ceiling mounting points and run signal cables through conduit in the ceiling/walls and getter done! Sure, my wife might want to move the living room around, really easy to then put new outlets in the ceiling, patch the old holes then re-route the signal lines because you run those away from power and....
Don't forget the surrounds--be it a 5.1.4 or 7.1.4 system or 7.1.6 system you need to power 13 speakers, 13 signal cables and make absolutely sure you have no ground loops because huuuuummmmm really negates any perceieved major increases with active filters. Some people do go through the hassle I guess, saw some really expensive HT systems with things like JBL M2 speakers for the LCR but the 10 surround speakers were passive so the amp rack contained ALL the amps in one spot with no ground loops and no outlets strewn around the ceiling. The JBL M2 speakers are fully actve but have outboard amplifiers that are placed in the amp rack then wired with conventional speaker cable.
Personally, I would prefer to have the amplifiers seperate in the rack then run conventional speaker cable from the amplifiers. Worked great in my PA days as I could swap amps quickly (had a spare in the rack) amps fail, lightning happens and I had a pair of transistors fail 10 minutes into a gig because... dookie happens. Amp swap took two minutes as the show must go on Sure, my car audio system was active with active filters, EQ and amplfiers with the drivers attached with conventional wire.
All electronics fail, just the name of the game and no brand is immune from that. Genelec assembles good boards but they only assemble them as they don't manufacture their own capacitors, inductors, transistors etc. as they buy them from other vendors. The older electronics are easier to repair because they used discrete components without many microprocessors--those days are long gone. They went the way of carbs on cars as they were replaced with SMT, coated boards and so on. Nothing wrong with SMDs, unless you want to fix/repair such things and not likely if you have blown processors or entire boards because the parts go obsolete rapidly. Yeah, even the mighty Genelec can't stop the parts companies from haulting parts production after a few years. The best they can do is stock spare boards but once they are gone--good luck on fixing that stuff. This is an issue with all electronics--you won't see a 2020 Toyota rolling down the road in 2050 as a daily driver--the plastic parts will be out of the inventory and you are stuck. Just the way it is so you design around it.
If I so choose, I can go active with no probems but would only do so with my LCR. I could do it with my surrounds but "the juice is not worth the squeeze" you could say. However, my LCR speakers easily belt out 120dB+ even with passive crossovers and they have the proper PEQ applied to get them smooth. I could gain something going active--maybe slightly better distortion by using steeper filters or something as I don't have any major issues with the speakers. After all, the subwoofers are active complete with delay, parametric EQ, high pass filters and low pass filters that work with the mains and my room acoustics.
Not sure why a person would think full active creates amazing things--it does improve what it can just like parametric EQ can only do what it can. Even full active monitors might need a bit of an adjustment with PEQ stock....and everything active needs to be EQ'd in the bass region in traditional rooms. Throw in the room throws out it's nasties and the beat goes on. If you have ever measured any speaker in a typical room, the chaos will become obvious no matter if passive, active or any speaker---the response goes to hell and must be addressed.
You can make any passive speaker active if you like. A bit of solder, use a 2 to 8 channel amp with full DSP and go. Since you need to measure anyway, not hard to get it all smooth for your room...once you know what you are doing. Active processing audio was common in car audio and PA systems over 30 years ago so not anything "new", not by a long shot. Heck, plenty of computer speakers were acive decades ago so they are not as leading edge as you think.
The reason passive speakers are still around is they work. PEQ is common and can be applied to passive speakers to cure the ills that EQ can fix. As with most things, once you are content with the sound then you press on with other things. Most people don't care about audio equipment, they just want it to sound good....then they press on with their lives. Now tell somebody that they need to run signal cables AND power to four or six locations in their ceiling and make sure they have outlets near their side/rear surrounds... I'm sure that would kill the sale quickly. For most people with most HT systems passive speakers are a superior option because of the power and signal issues. Most people would refuse to run new electrical lines,signal cable conduit through the walls just for something as basic as surround systems. Rather basic to run CL2 wire in your walls, it won't burn the house down and is simple to do. Other options are very thin/wide wire that you can paint over to hide it and so on. Try that with signal cables or extnsion cords.
Nothing wrong with Genelecs but they don't make speakers I can use in my HT system. If I had a much larger room and money to burn, it would not bother me to go full active LCR with JBL M2's--with outboard amps to fit in the rack all snugged up to the processor. Shame that most of the industry makes disposable speakers with the amps crammed into the boxes with ever looming warranty expiration dates and product replacement cycles. Not a big deal with just a pair of them, if you have 13 of them then you are tempting fate. If you want a full active system for HT, the obvious choice is eiher outboard amps with outboard processors or...a soundbar. Don't hate! Soundbars are active to stay with the cool kids. Realisticaly, if you want a full HT active system, you will be using actual HT speaker systems and processors so better have a big enough room to hold them.
I was asked about active speakers for PA and the speakers would be hung 20 feet in the air. They did not have electricity in those locations and they would need to run conduit for the XLR cables. I told them to price the cost for two outlets in the ceiling and the conduit for the signal cables and that cost more than the active speakers! Yeah, in their case using passive speakes and active subs with the amplifiers at ground level in a rack was far, far less expensive and allowed them to upgrade the passive speaker series. If/when they have an amplifier failure it can be swapped over in minutes so they can press on. Seems not a soul that worked there would want to fight a 75 pound active speaker 20 feet up on a ladder above flooring over concrete. Ten years later, the speakers are still there although they have added subwoofers, changed mixers and so on.
Just something to think about--the audio world is far, far larger than a pair of active speakers. Think bigger, grasshopper...