Active & DSP Loudspeakers

The ADAM Audio A77H is a true three-way midfield monitor combining dual 7-inch Multi-Layer Mineral woofers, a 3.5-inch Dome Cone Hybrid midrange, and ADAM's signature X-ART ribbon tweeter with a rotatable HPS waveguide. It offers DSP-based onboard tuning with selectable Voicings and room-adaptation EQ, plus Ethernet-based remote control and Sonarworks SoundID Reference calibration integration.

The ATC SCM19A is a two-way active standmount loudspeaker from ATC's Entry Series, pairing the brand's renowned 150mm Super Linear mid/bass driver with a 25mm dual-suspension soft-dome tweeter, each driven by a dedicated onboard Class A/B amplifier and an active electronic crossover. Built around ATC's signature high-headroom driver technology, it targets studio-grade accuracy and dynamic range in a domestic-friendly standmount cabinet.

The ATC SCM50ASLT is a fully active three-way floorstanding tower loudspeaker built around ATC's in-house-made driver and amplifier lineup, including the brand's renowned 75mm Super Dome midrange unit. Three dedicated Class AB amplifiers (matched at the factory to their respective drive units) are built directly onto the cabinet, driven by fourth-order active (line-level) crossovers so that no passive crossover network ever touches the signal — a hallmark of ATC's active-speaker philosophy.

Backes & Müller is a small, family-run German manufacturer (Saarbrücken) that hand-builds every cabinet, driver basket, and carbon-fiber diaphragm in its own factory, selling in extremely limited numbers direct and through a handful of specialist dealers. The BM Line 60 is a fully active, DSP-corrected vertical-horn floorstander using a VALTEC cylindrical-wave radiator plus a large array of feedback-controlled bass and midrange drivers, driven by more than 3,000W of built-in amplification and B&M's proprietary FIRTEC digital processor.

Barefoot Sound is a small California-based studio-monitor maker best known for its cult following among mastering and mixing engineers; it sells through a limited dealer network rather than mass retail. The MicroMain27 is a 3.5-way active monitor with an all-digital DSP crossover, opposing "Dual-Force" 10" subwoofers to cancel cabinet vibration, and switchable "MEME" voicing modes that emulate other classic monitors — the model that "put Barefoot Sound on the map."

The Buchardt Anniversary 10 (A10) is a two-way, DSP-controlled active wireless standmount speaker built to mark Buchardt Audio's tenth anniversary, pairing a custom Purifi 6.5-inch Extended Stroke woofer with an SB Acoustics-made 19mm resonance-free aluminum-dome tweeter. Its onboard quad-core DSP handles active crossover duties, driver-protection limiting, and a walk-around Continuous Soundfield Sampling room-correction routine, with downloadable "Mastertunings" that reconfigure the sound for different placements and preferences.

The TANA L2 is an add-on wireless speaker made by Electrocompaniet in Norway, designed to pair with the TANA SL2 to form a wireless HiFi stereo system. It has a stiffer chassis, two passive radiators, and a 150 W Class AB amplifier. The speaker also includes new software and an app.

The Focal Alpha 50 Evo is an active 2-way studio monitor manufactured by Focal. It features TRS, XLR, and RCA inputs, two high-current amplifiers, a bass-reflex enclosure, disengageable automatic standby, and wall- and ceiling-mounting inserts. Its technologies include a Focal-manufactured aluminum inverted-dome tweeter with a waveguide and a Slatefiber cone made in France from recycled carbon fibers and thermoplastic polymer.

The Focal Alpha 65 Evo is an active two-way studio monitor made by Focal. It uses an aluminum inverted-dome tweeter with a waveguide and a Slatefiber cone made in France from recycled carbon fibers and thermoplastic polymer. The monitor features dual amplification, a bass-reflex enclosure with a large-section laminar vent, and TRS, XLR, and RCA inputs.

The Focal Alpha 80 Evo is an active 2-way studio monitor made by Focal for mixing, mastering, and broadcasting. It uses a Slatefiber woofer diaphragm made in France from recycled carbon fibers and thermoplastic polymer, an aluminum inverted-dome tweeter with a waveguide, and two high-current amplifiers in a compact bass-reflex enclosure. Connectivity includes XLR, TRS, and RCA inputs for up to three audio sources, with disengageable automatic standby and wall- or ceiling-mounting capability.

The Focal Alpha Twin Evo is an active 2.5-channel studio monitor manufactured by Focal. It uses a 25 mm aluminum inverted-dome tweeter and two 16.5 cm Slatefiber woofers, whose cones are made from recycled carbon fibers and thermoplastic polymer. The horizontally positioned monitor has XLR, TRS, and RCA inputs, bass and treble level controls, disengageable auto-sleep mode, and a rear-panel switch for selecting which woofer reproduces the midrange.

Shape 40 is a compact nearfield monitoring loudspeaker made in France by Focal for listening distances of approximately 60 cm. It uses a 4-inch woofer with a Flax sandwich diaphragm, an “M” profile tweeter, a 10 cm double passive radiator, and a ventless enclosure. The MDF cabinet has a through-dyed real walnut veneer on the top and front, with adjustable bass and treble levels, a 160 Hz crossover, and a disengageable high-pass crossover.

The Focal Shape 50 is a nearfield monitoring speaker made by Focal for small-space listening. It uses a 13 cm Flax-cone woofer, an “M” profile tweeter, and a passive-radiator enclosure instead of a bass-reflex vent. The cabinet is MDF with through-dyed real walnut veneer on the top and front, and incorporates NIC (Neutral Inductance Circuit) and TMD (Tuned Mass Damper) technologies.

The Focal Shape 65 is a two-way nearfield monitoring speaker designed for studio listening. It uses a Flax membrane bass driver, an “M” profile tweeter, and a passive-radiator enclosure in a compact, ventless MDF cabinet covered with real walnut veneer. Connectivity and controls include XLR and RCA inputs, adjustable bass and treble levels, a disengageable high-pass crossover, and an adjustable 160 Hz filter.

Shape Twin is a 2.5-way reference monitoring speaker made by Focal. It uses Flax-membrane woofers, an aluminum-magnesium “M” profile tweeter, two 21 cm passive radiators, and three Class AB amplifiers in a d’Appolito configuration. The speaker has an MDF cabinet partly covered with real walnut veneer, XLR and RCA inputs, adjustable bass and treble levels, an adaptable 160 Hz crossover, and a disengageable high-pass crossover.

Focal Solo6 is a two-way studio monitor featuring a pure beryllium inverted-dome tweeter and a “W” sandwich-cone woofer made from two glass sheets surrounding a central foam body. It uses TMD (Tuned Mass Damper) suspension technology to reduce distortion in the 1 kHz–3 kHz range by 50%, and includes switchable Focus Mode for operation as a one-way monitor using the woofer only. The monitor has a variable high-pass crossover, a 160 Hz parametric crossover, a switchable high-pass crossover, disengageable automatic standby, and inserts for wall and ceiling mounting.

The Focal Trio11 Be is a nearfield and midfield monitoring speaker manufactured by Focal, combining a 3-way monitor with an alternate 2-way Focus Mode configuration. It uses an 11-inch W-membrane subwoofer, 5-inch W-membrane woofer, and 1-inch pure-beryllium inverted-dome tweeter, with a 300 W Class G bass amplifier, 150 W Class G midrange amplifier, and 100 W Class AB high-frequency amplifier. Frequency response is 30 Hz–40 kHz in 3-way mode and 90 Hz–20 kHz in 2-way mode, with a maximum SPL of 118 dB at 1 m.

The Focal Twin6 is a 2.5-way studio monitor manufactured by Focal. It uses a pure beryllium inverted-dome tweeter covering 1,000–40,000 Hz, “W” sandwich-cone loudspeakers made from two glass sheets surrounding a central foam body, and TMD suspension with toroidal weights. The monitor includes Focus Mode, which converts it to a full-range single-channel configuration, plus a variable high-pass crossover, a 160 Hz parametric filter, and an ST6 cabinet made from braced thick MDF.

Fram Audio is a small Polish loudspeaker maker that machines its speakers from solid aluminum in-house and sells them as a self-described "active speaker brand," reviewed favorably by boutique audio press such as 6moons. The Midi 150 is a fully active, DSP-controlled 2-way standmount combining a built-in 120W Class D amplifier, an internal DAC with digital and analog inputs, and an "Ancient Audio" digital speaker processor with three selectable acoustic-adaptation programs.

The Genelec 8341A is a compact three-way coaxial studio monitor from the "The Ones" series, built around Genelec's Minimum Diffraction Coaxial (MDC) driver for point-source imaging, and features full Smart Active Monitoring (SAM) DSP with GLM software-based room calibration. It is aimed at mastering, mixing, and critical near/midfield monitoring applications where precise, uncolored coaxial dispersion matters.

The Genelec 8351B is a three-way coaxial Smart Active Monitor (SAM) built around a point-source Minimum Diffraction Coaxial driver array, tri-amplified and factory-calibrated to the room via Genelec Loudspeaker Manager (GLM) software and an included measurement microphone. Its die-cast aluminum Acoustically Concealed Woofer enclosure and Directivity Control Waveguide are designed to deliver studio-reference imaging and extended low-frequency output from a compact footprint.

The Genelec 8381A is the flagship model in Genelec's "The Ones" family, a five-way active studio monitor built on Point Source Continued Directivity (PCD) technology with an Adaptive Point Source design intended to allow near-boundary placement without compromising imaging. It combines a coaxial midrange/tweeter driver, a Quad Midrange System, a front woofer, and a rear-ported Double Low-Woofer System, all driven by external 3U rack-mount Class D amplifiers that are individually factory-calibrated to each cabinet, with system calibration and directivity control handled via Genelec's GLM software and Smart Active Monitoring (SAM) DSP.

Genuin Audio is a small German boutique loudspeaker manufacturer whose Ava has been singled out by both FIDELITY Magazin and image hifi as an exceptional fully active, digitally-controlled design, built and finished largely to order (multiple veneer/finish options). The Ava is a fully active 3-way speaker driven by a 4-channel Pascal UMAC Class D amplifier module (1,000W total) and a 32-bit DSP performing linear-phase FIR/IIR filtering, time-and-frequency optimization, and digital room correction with three selectable presets.

The Grimm Audio LS1be is an active two-way DSP monitor notable for housing its DSP, DAC, clock circuitry, and two 180W NCore Class D amplifiers inside one of its two distinctive leg supports rather than in the cabinet itself. It pairs an 8" magnesium woofer with a Beryllium dome/cone hybrid tweeter (co-developed with Seas), and its frequency response is linearized via a Computer-Aided Calibration DSP process performed at the factory, delivering low-distortion, phase-coherent output that can be extended to a three-way system with the optional SB1 or LS1s subwoofers. Note: as of recent Grimm Audio and dealer listings, the LS1be has been discontinued/succeeded by the LS1c, though units remain available through dealers.