[Trevor]

On 14/04/2017 10:49 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
In article , Trevor wrote:

Yep, always been surprised why most people think power cables are
somehow less of a problem than speaker cables.

Because they can all go to a central power distribution instead of having
to run them all out to an amp rack somewhere. Same amount of wiring, but
they can all go together.

Not compulsory to have a single amp rack, the amp can be near the
speaker. In any case the signal cable still has to go back to the mix
position, so still little benefit that I can see.


IMO the main advantage of powered speakers is in the crossover if they
use separate amps for each driver. One disadvantage is hoisting the
extra weight onto speaker stands.

Biamping or triamping is pretty common for large installs anyway, but of
course it doubles or triples the weight of the cable from the amp rack to the
speakers....

Right, which is why it's good to keep the amps close to the speakers,
giving pretty well identical considerations. ie power cable and signal
cable needed to each powered speaker, or passive speakers/amps combo.

Trevor.