I’ve spent the last few months looking at my active system and wincing slightly at so many separate power supplies:
Supercap for NAC52
Supercap for SNAXO
XPS for nDAC
2 250 power amps.
I’ve simplified it by selling the Supercap, XPS-2, SNAXO and one of the 250s.
I’m back to a passive system and feel a little more comfortable with my contribution to the use of power.
Listened to it a bit today and maybe it’s missing something. Playing vinyl for the first time in a while distracted me from this though. I can certainly live with this system without feeling ‘hard done by’.
I’ve had a SNAXO 242 on order for around 6 months but no sign of it yet.
In view of many factors I’m starting to wonder if I’d compromise a bit on SQ rather than staying with active SBLs (chrome bumper NAXO, olive NAP250 x 2), and whether or not staying active is logical in the long run.
Will have to wait and see but as I get older I may be willing to compromise a bit more for simplicity, or at least consider other combinations such as passive speakers with 300DR or better.
I managed to borrow SNAXO and an extra 250.2, I already had one 250.2. I was very keen on driving the SBL:s active. My dealer told me my current setup was preferable (running passive with 135’s) but I was sure I knew better!
The dealer was right.
A few years back I had a similar experience with active ATC SCM19A. I preferred the passive SCM19 Mk2 with a 300DR over the active floorstander version.
