Yes, in a good active speaker design, they will put the crossover before the amps.
Running longer xlr interconnects is usually preferred to running long speaker lines as there is less potential for interference due to the balanced design and interconnects are usually cheaper than speaker cable. With regard to amplification, Class A is considered to be the premium analog amplifier design while Class D stands for digital amplification. I don't believe that you will increase the distortion or power consumption by using an amplifier in an active speaker. While it is true that the amps will be at full volume, typically this is done in a "separates" setup anyway. The amps are at full power and the pre-amp is used to control the volume. Currently you are using an integrated pre-amp and amplifier which with regard to sound quality is considered inferior to having the amps and pre-amp separated. So to get to the next level of amplifier/pre-amplifier performance you would be faced with the power consumption issue either way. Hopefully someone can educate us as to the power consumption of amplifiers. I don't believe they consume as much left on with low volume playback or with nothing on compared to playback at full volume. Hope this helps, Will ________________________________________________ Transporter -> ATC SCA2 -> ATC SCM100ASLT Ayre C5xe -> ATC SCA2 -> ATC SCM100ASLT -- musiklov3r ------------------------------------------------------------------------ musiklov3r's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13166 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39239 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
