[X-Newbies] Re: airtunes + speakers

[Vincent Cayenne]

At 1:09 AM -0500 12/6/04, Charles Martin wrote:
>>I won't be hooking it up to my stereo system , just want to get a
>>powered speaker or something of the like.
>
>Airtunes isn't set up for that. It requires an amplifier of some sort.

What's the functional difference between powered speakers and the 
combination of an amplifier and non-powered speakers?
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