Powered Speakers Suck (because of class D)

[GUTB]

With the coming of the KEF LSX being pushed relentlessly by the mid-fi / tech / lifestyle media outlets we have to deal with this issue once again: powered speakers suck. They suck because of class D, because no one wants to add 50 lbs of quality amplification into a speaker. We're not talking about high-end class D such as nCore, Pascal, etc, either. We're talking about ICEPower and little chip amp boards. Insipid, low-resolution, harmonically dead, and fatiguing. Likely sucks at sound stage, but that's not a major problem as customers of these products probably don't care about sound stage to begin with.

 

Meanwhile, high-performance speakers with high-quality amps remain the domain of middle-aged audiophiles who don't have a part in the next audio-lifestyle wave.

[GUTB]

1 hour ago, Ajax said:

GUTB,

 

I frequent the CA Forums to learn and to enjoy the comerarderie among members.

 

You provide neither of those attributes.

 

Worst you are becoming repetitive and boring.

 

*looks at your system in your sig

 

I’m sorry.