svart-hvitt
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It surprises me somewhat that people are so sceptical in terms of reliability when it comes to active speakers.
Reliability is king in the world of PA, and yet the vast majority of direct-radiating 2- and 3-way PA speakers are active.
The active speakers discussed here - e.g. D&D and Kii - use mostly off-the-shelf modules for DSP and amplification, most (admittedly not all) of which will be serviceable even if the speaker manufacturer itself goes out of business.
And those that use in-house designed electronic parts (e.g. Genelec, to my knowledge) tend to be larger, more established manufacturers that are less likely to go bust anyway.
That which is alien in the eye of the beholder...
This is where emotion comes before rational thought.
People still don’t take Aczel’s cartoon seriously, do they?
Hey, the blitz trading on Wall Street runs on this new technology, SMPS and all. Should we be surprised that all the world’s financial trading works, every day? Do the most successful trading firms run on linear power supplies to their computers? Do they heed the advice of audiophiles?