Gazz 0 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 I'm going to make myself look like an idiot now but what's the difference between Passive & Active speakers? (My guess is you need a seprate amp with Passive but not Active?) Thanks! :) Signature edited. Please read the rules concerning signature linking. Link to post Share on other sites
vokf 0 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) Hi Gazz, You've got it spot on. Passive- requires an amp. Active - has a built-in amp. Some things to bear in mind. Actives will normally have an XLR connection (audio input). This type of connection/cable is very good at reducing background noise pickup. To make best use of this, your mixer will need to provide XLR/Balanced outputs. If it doesn't- you can get adapters, but you'll lose the noise immunity and you'll hear some hissing coming from the speaker. I've gone Active, but keep my old Passives+Amp as backup. One other possible benefit of actives is that they can be "bi-amped", so there are actually 2 amps in the cabinet. One amp is tailored for Mid+Bass, the other for the tweeter. This should give a clearer sound compared to an equivalent priced passive system (with one amp doing all frequencies) Edited April 17, 2009 by vokf Link to post Share on other sites
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