Best Speakers For Electronica Music


Hello all,

I have purchased Totem Arros second hand and I really like them a lot, however, when I spoke with an authorized Totem dealer and told him the music I like, he recommended I get a subwoofer or I run the risk of blowing the Arros. He told me the Arros are more for vocals, jazz, and classical. I like music like The Chemical Brothers, Tycho, Radiohead Kid A, and I like some harder rock at times like Jack White.

My system is a Logitech Touch, Peachtree Audio iDecco (for sale now) as a preamp, running to a Parasound Zamp V.3, with 60 wpc into the 4 ohms.

I like the speakers a lot, but I do not want to get a subwoofer, so is there a brand that is known for being more stoutly built, but still very detailed and with tight bass that people can recommend? I do not like the sound of Cerwin Vega, and I have heard other similar forums where they are recommended, and I do not like Klipsch. Other than that, I am open to suggestions. As a last constraint, I am on somewhat of a budget as you can tell from my system.

Thank you all in advance.
regafan_1972

Showing 1 response by mapman

I think Totem products including Arros are quite well made. Thing is Arros are big hitters for teh size due manily to the quality of the product but also quite small. They might due fairly well with Electronica with a good powerful amp (to avoid clipping) bt there is only so much bass that can be extracted out of a small package so clearly not optimal for Electronica, although they will still probably do surprisingly well for their size. I would be concerned about damaging them though if driven too loud for too long with lots of low frequency action. Also dynamics might be somewhat compressed compared to the optimum especially as things heat up over time when driven particularly hard.