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Originally Posted by buffert

Why ADAM passive better than ADAM active studio monitor in term of sound quality?

When I tested both active and passive of ADAM S4C,S5,MP1, using MC 2 audio 1250power amp, emmlabs and prism sound DAC, prism sound,crane song and drawmer pre amp


passive : produce more accurate,transparent,live and open sound,high damping

New class D ICE power Active:supposed class D had high damping factor ,outperform than traditional class A/AB .

From my tested the sound of ICE power active worse than passive studio monitor plus MC 2 audio 1250 power amp.

Even MP1,the internal amp is not good enough while compare with external high end studio power amp?

theoretically, Active better than passive because active have shorten path and electronic crossover which is different from passive studio monitor-passive crossover

But Why this happen ,passive better active?

A big Problem is to get an amp that fits to the particular Speaker. So when you got a good result with your combination, it maybe won´t produce that same result with another amp. An active Speaker gives the devoloper the chance to put amp and chassis well together.