JTC
PFM Villager...
Not sure if I have replied to this before. At one point, had 52/SC/250. Had various things in-between. Now firmly in the active camp. Rationale? Well, far better value and fewer boxes, plus I get a sound quality that is beyond anything I could get from a passive amp+speaker combo at the cost of my speakers.
I will qualify this by adding that some types of speaker had to be ruled out of consideration, e.g. electrostatics or larger horns; these might equal or better my actives for certain things I am sure, but there is always a compromise for such speakers...
Regrets? Probably not sticking with the Adam Compact Actives (which I still have) as they are, for all intents and purposes, 90% as good as the 100 towers at a fraction of the price, and far more room friendly. But I had to have big active floor standers; that itch needed scratching...
I will qualify this by adding that some types of speaker had to be ruled out of consideration, e.g. electrostatics or larger horns; these might equal or better my actives for certain things I am sure, but there is always a compromise for such speakers...
Regrets? Probably not sticking with the Adam Compact Actives (which I still have) as they are, for all intents and purposes, 90% as good as the 100 towers at a fraction of the price, and far more room friendly. But I had to have big active floor standers; that itch needed scratching...