On 9 Jan 2007 03:42:35 -0800, "PK" wrote:

I have a Roland VS-1680 hdd recorder for home recording, and wonder if
I should buy a pair of new loudspeakers to use with this recorder. I
know there are small active and passive speakers, but think that if I
buy 2 passive and connect them to my amp, I also can play cd's through
these speakers, and I suppose I don't can do that with active speakers?
Anyone that knows a little about this?

You can connect active speakers to your CD player, just as you can
connect them to your VS-1680. But I expect you'd miss the convenient
input selection and volume control of a hi-fi amp (which is what I
assume you're using?).

I've only glanced at a web-site picture of the VS-1680. But it
appears to have plenty of input channels. Could you connect your CD
player to Line In of a pair of inputs and use it as a control preamp
while it wasn't being a recorder?