Like Bridgman said in another post, wireless speakers with integrated preamps and amps are starting to make a lot of sense. On my floor in the living room, I have a pioneer receiver with a Chromecast audio connected, an outboard amp and a CD player. With wireless speakers, I could get rid of the receiver, amp and Chromecast audio and be left with just the CD player and the Air base station. Ostensibly I could get rid of the CD player as well because I can find all my CDs on Spotify or tidal or I can dgitize my CDs.
My only question is whether or not audio performance would be impacted with electronics integrated into the speaker cabinet and if so, would it be audible?
