That's a new one on me. If I'm hearing you right, "active speaker" really means "active crossover," and "active" speakers are not considered to be "powered" speakers, even though they are powered, and they are speakers. And "powered speakers" aren't considered to be "active speakers" even though they are speakers that contain active circuitry. I'll bet there's some marketing history behind all that.
Aye, but there's talk of an active/passive switch, which suggests that the speaker may be capable of both, in which case a Speakon could still be there. As you say, there's no mention of XLRs or quarter-inchers, which suggests a lack of active or powered capabilities...which suggests that the active/passive crossover switch is misnamed, or at least named by the marketing team.
That's a new one on me. If I'm hearing you right, "active speaker" really means "active crossover," and "active" speakers are not considered to be "powered" speakers, even though they are powered, and they are speakers. And "powered speakers" aren't considered to be "active speakers" even though they are speakers that contain active circuitry. I'll bet there's some marketing history behind all that.
I found that article, and a Wikipedia article that cites it. Other than that, I've been a couple of pages deep into a couple of search engines, and I haven't found anything else that differentiates "powered" from "active" when it comes to speakers.
Wow, that's even more confusing.
If a speaker has an active crossover built in, but it's not powered, then you'd have an active crossover working with full speaker power. That's something I've never seen before—an active crossover that's being fed from a power amp. To be honest, I'm not sure that's doable.Wow, that's even more confusing.
Active circuitry requires a power source, and is therefore "powered." If there's an active crossover built into a speaker, it's feeding a power amp that's also built into the speaker, and the speaker is "powered" by definition.
Yes, but they all have active amplifiers and are therefore active speakers. If the differentiating element is an active crossover, then the phrase "active crossover" is sufficient (technically, those speakers are bi-amped or tri-amped).
Yes again, but both names are marketing choices, not technical ones.
Only in the phrase "active crossover."
Nor have I. That was the point of my previus post.
One of those links makes the claim; the other doesn't.
You'd expect that it would be, and that's what I suspected as well, but because of the ambiguity in the text and the lack of panel pics, I needed a look at the schematic to make sure.
I've never seen that. But there are a lot of things I've never seen, so that doesn't prove they don't exist.
They have an active crossover built into the wedge, but external power amps? (Sorry, I've had zero luck googling "DB Teknik.")
Thanks, Matt. I found the site. But they have no product that has a built-in active crossover but has external power amps. In fact, nothing they list has a built-in active crossover at all.