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Passive vs Active Crossovers

"The vast majority of loudspeaker manufactures prefer passive crossovers, usually second or third order except for very high end ones such as the first order VMPS or the now defunct Dunlavy, and the fourth order B&W 800's, or the Joseph Audio eighth order. Only a few, especially pro audio types use their own active crossovers with built-in amplifiers, thus imposing complete control over the sound of their loudspeakers."
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Active crossovers are preferred according to the general consensus. When you look at professional speakers it's most often the case that they have active crossovers and separate amps per driver, even in case of small monitors

One must speculate why audiophile speakers don't employ passive ACTIVE crossovers. The big reason, by my guess, is that it's seems less complicated. The follow-on questions is why more speakers don't have built-in amps (downstream of active crossovers). In this case I think it's explained by the desire of audiophiles to select amps separately from the speakers and to fine-tune the amp sound to his/her taste. Or to put it another way, it's more fun to have separate components.