Who has gone fully active? What speakers and preamp did you end up with?


Open question for A'goners who have traded in their floor heaters for fully active speakers.  What did you end up with?

PS - This is not a thread to help me buy, more of an open discussion on a narrow theme.  Thanks!

Thanks!

erik_squires

I had an active Linn system in the past.  It was good but I didn’t love it.  Conceptually I like the idea.

Interesting question.  Not for nothing but if cost was no object I would consider the new Focal Utopia Divas.  You get to top of the range speaker from Focal and Naim electronics.  If you add up all the pieces, it's actually not a bad deal!

I have a pair of internally tri-amped Legacy Audio Aeris. There is a passive crossover between the 4 inch and 1 inch AMT tweeters. Remaining crossover function is handled by the Legacy Wavelet 2. There are multiple contouring options, and each amplifier pair (woofer l & r, mid l & r, and tweeter l & r) can have the level adjusted manually as well.

In another room I have a pair of Bamberg Audio 3 TMW fully active 3 ways with mini DSP Flex unit for eq as necessary. Both systems sound very good.