Active Speakers: The usual suspects ....

Meridian - ATC
Just a couple more

There is a new Klipsch Active out for like $2500 that is a nice looking speaker for HT and pretty cheap....should be fun to check into and see if its a winner.

I've also learned Focal makes a line of active speakers. The Solo6 Be and Twin6 Be look interesting .... however, neither one has an 'active' digital crossover. I hate to ask: Is that critically important?

I've noticed quite a few of the pro audio monitors are 'active' in terms of amplification, but they don't have a digital crossover. The DigiDesign RM1 & 2, and JBL LSR 4328s do, however, some of the other one's I am considering do not.

Does it matter?

Thank You

I hate to ask: Is that critically important?

Not critical - digital filters are more powerful and flexible than real circuits - but both need to be carefully designed - digital filters can introduce distortion that is unrelated to the music (truncation) and odd effects like pre-ringing and they can do tricks like linear phase - analog circuits however tend to produce harmonic distortion from non-linearities (less of a problem as it is related to the music). In a good design whether you have digital filtering or analog is a minor issue - as the filters will likely be simple and robust. If A to D or D to A conversion frightens you (it shouldn't) then stick to Analog Active speakers.

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Check out these:

http://www.pacificislandaudio.net/

http://www.morrisonaudio.com/

http://www.linkwitzlab.com/

Websites also contain good information.