I'm sitting here at my desk, about 85cm away from active speakers and it has got to the point where the only source of audible noise (from PC, hdds, and so on) is from the speakers (Behringer B2031A). There is a mild hiss coming from the tweeter, but it is annoying when beautiful silence is but a button click away. No music then though. Will passive speakers be noticeably quieter, if I have decent enough (how decent?) amplification.
I did have some Genelec speakers and the noise was the same level from those. There is no humming or squeaking noises when moving windows on screen, so I think I am running up against "baseline" active speaker noise.
I did have some Genelec speakers and the noise was the same level from those. There is no humming or squeaking noises when moving windows on screen, so I think I am running up against "baseline" active speaker noise.