[linux-audio-user] how to build a studio?

[Steve Harris]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 02:35:46 +0530, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> > You can get monitors that accept SPDIF, but your choice will be limited.
> > If you get decent active monitors that take balanced analogue you wont
> > have any noise problems.
> 
> Sorry for being a complete newbie, but "active" monitors?  What
> does "active" mean in this context?

Active means that the amplifiers are in the monitor chasis, so you run a
line level balanced signal to a socket on the back and from then on the
signal paths are all short.

- Steve