> More and more speaker manufacturers are also selling their own amplifiers (not necessarily made in house) Indeed. I've had horrible luck with reliability of

> More and more speaker manufacturers are also selling their own amplifiers (not necessarily made in house) Indeed. I've had horrible luck with reliability of these products (i.e. loudspeakers with integrated class-D amplifiers). I would strongly recommend going for external amplification wherever possible, especially if you are running cabinetry that weighs more than 100lbs.