Talk:Powered speakers

merge

I put up a merge tag. It is good form to combine opposites like these into one page. It is a school book example. I will look up the concerning wiki guidline and edit this post accordingly. furthermore there is the issue of plural in the name, that could be resolved at the same time. Martijn Hoekstra 01:10, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

They are both important enough to professional audio they should remain separate. Robert.Harker (talk) 03:22, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

definition

I was taught that the 'active' and 'passive' when talking about speakers was due to whether the crossover was active or passive. If you refer to an active speaker, you are referring to whether it has an active crossover.. not that is internally amped/bi-amped. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.240.146.78 (talk) 04:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

You were taught wrong. Active filters generally operate a low currents and require an external power source. They do not pass a substantial fraction of their input power to their output. The use of an active crossover requires power amplifiers for each frequency band, unless the designer did something completely brain-dead like using $30 50W op amps in the active crossover.207.119.60.52 (talk) 23:00, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

There is not such a widely agreed and established definition for the terms active and passive. Rather, the usage varies by geography and by industry segment. Binksternet (talk) 01:05, 27 May 2011 (UTC)