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've only heard them briefly, but the Dutch & Dutch speakers might be my #1 for a simple second system. They get great reviews, iirc. 

Luxman C900u preamp, ATC 50 active floor standers.  ATC SCA2 preamp underway which is Class A and fully discrete.  We'll see.

@patrickdowns I have heard the Dutch and Dutch and they sound good BUT they are DSP based and if memory serves me right, they down sample everything down to 64 khz. I also didn't like the fact that they needed a connection ran between both speakers. I do really like the active ATC speakers. They don't use DSP's and sound amazing.

Two thumbs up for Active ATC with a tube pre-amp like the Canor Audio Hyperion P1. SCM100ASL or SCM150ASLT - shockingly fabulous. Also great with ATC's own top pre-amp SCA2.