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JBL, EV, QSC, Yamaha, Peavey are all still manufacturing quality passive speaker...and those are just the well known brands.
Yes .. they all seem to make 1 line for the holdouts ...
 
If you don't like apples and all I offer you are apples,,,,,,, sooner or later, you will start eating apples.
 
If you don't like apples and all I offer you are apples, sooner or later, you will start eating apples.
Or I find a different seller .. it's how commerce works. But If I sell apples and oranges and too few people buy my oranges and I'm losing money because of carrying costs .. then I focus on what 95+% of the buyers want .. apples.
 
Or if you like apples but love oranges and I offer you just apples or oranges but price the apples much cheaper, you will probably start eating more apples.
 
Or if you like apples but not oranges and I offer you just apples or oranges but price the apples much cheaper, you will probably start eating more apples.
Maybe .. but I'm not aware of any manufacturer that priced their active speakers lower than their passive ones, so not sure whether that metaphor works.
 
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Or I find a different seller .. it's how commerce works. But If I sell apples and oranges and too few people buy my oranges and I'm losing money because of carrying costs .. then I focus on what 95+% of the buyers want .. apples.

Your getting confused with supply and demand and marketing.
 
Your getting confused with supply and demand and marketing.
No .. I've been in the actual real world of both over the years.

While marketing may help demand .. and supply may affect pricing .. neither prohibit you from choosing something else.
 
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Maybe .. but I'm not aware of any manufacturer that priced their active speakers lower than their passive ones, so not sure whether that metaphor works.
Your unawarness is glaring:

JBL SRX815 - selling for about $1,069.95.
JBL PRX815W - selling for about $850.00.
 
Your unawarness is glaring:

JBL SRX815 - selling for about $1,069.95.
JBL PRX815W - selling for about $850.00.
Not the same product line .. I'm sure there are plenty of subcompacts priced less than luxury cars too ...
 
Maybe .. but I'm not aware of any manufacturer that priced their active speakers lower than their passive ones, so not sure whether that metaphor works.


So why is there a increase in vinyl records vs digital music? One can argue that one sounds better then the other but most music is produced and mastered in the digital world, then transferred to vinyl. Yet people will argue one sounds better then the other.
There is a reason musical formats change, and thats marketing and ease of use and longevity.
 
So why is there a increase in vinyl records vs digital music? One can argue that one sounds better then the other but most music is produced and mastered in the digital world, then transferred to vinyl. Yet people will argue one sounds better then the other.
There is a reason musical formats change, and thats marketing.
It's not sound quality .. I don't know too many people who actually believe vinyl sounds better than the source material (yes, crap copies can sound worse). It can sound fine, but it's more of a visceral thing .. actively (no pun) taking part of the process and connecting that way.
 
Vinyl wears out, digital does not. Vinyl limits the way you can use it, digital is more versatile in the way you can record and mix it without degrading the source material. In the analog world the more you transfer the material, the more it degrades, but not in the digital world.
 
It's not sound quality .. I don't know too many people who actually believe vinyl sounds better than the source material (yes, crap copies can sound worse). It can sound fine, but it's more of a visceral thing .. actively (no pun) taking part of the process and connecting that way.
Are you kidding me? There are plenty of people that will argue that vinyl sounds better then digital.Ever heard the word nostalgia?
 
Are you kidding me? There are plenty of people that will argue that vinyl sounds better then digital.
I can't force others to be be right ..
 
I grew up in the age of clicks and pops and rumble of a turntable and the hiss of tapes and even the aggravating clunk in the middle of a song on 8 tracks.
 
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I grew up in the age of clicks and pops and rumble of a turntable and the hiss of tapes and even the aggravating clunk in the middle of a song on 8 tracks.
Many of us did .. some have moved on from there though .. :)