Passive vs. Active Monitors

[jelly]

I'd like to know the advantage and disadvantage of passive and active monitors.. in my opinion (from my imagination) I feel that passive + power amp is more versatile cuz you can use your amp to power other speakers or else.. Please share your opinion or facts..

 

[sonusman]

Active monitors tend to be much more accurate because of the electronic crossover. But passive systems do have the advantage that you spoke of. The industry standard for near field monitors in the Yamaha NS 10's. They are passive. I have Event 20/20's passive and actually can work longer on them than the active 20/20's I worked on in another studio.

Ed