Does that chap by any chance just happen to sell passive crossover ‘upgrades’?
Keith
In my experience they don’t.I've often wondered why active speakers 'hiss' more than passive speakers
My ATC 150 wpc integrated amp is a related design to those in-speaker ATC amps I believe. It controls the flabby tendency of my Harbeth C7s at any volume very obviously.
Does Danny's comment re actives having a higher noise floor due to all drivers being exposed to the full-bandwidth noise floor of the amp pack hold water? I've often wondered why active speakers 'hiss' more than passive speakers and this seems a plausible explanation.
However it also implies that if a fault were to occur within the amp pack that sent DC downstream then all drive units would fry, not just the woofer?!