Has Anybody Else Heard These?


My new Hi-Fi reference for a reason: Totem Tribe tower loudspeakers defies physics - YouTube

Are they as good as he says?

If you have heard them, what's your take?
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Showing 3 responses by 213runnin

I have the Tribe Tower's little cousin, the Arro tower.  One.  single 4" driver with a tweeter.  There is bass down to 40 Hz, I could not believe what I was hearing.  The bass is because Totem has perfected the speaker cabinet with a hand made design and technology instead of stuffing the cabinet with filler that has a detrimental effect on the sound.  Interlocking mitred joints with glue instead of screws.  Borosilicate damping instead of stuffing the cabinets.  Fibre board that is denser on the outside of the cabinet to help contain the bass.  

These speakers image like nothing I have heard.  They put to shame my Kef Q750, which has 3 drivers and 2 passive radiators.  Also, my other Totem speakers, the Rainmaker and Dreamcatcher, both have more bass than anything out there in with the same driver sizes.  And they both image better, disappear and give one an emotional connection to the music.

So I'm not surprised to hear that the Tribe Tower has lots of bass for its size, or sounds otherwise amazing.  This is Totem's calling card.  And the above commentary about crossovers having detrimental effects on "imaging and soundstage"?

Obviously Mijo knows nothing about the Tribe Towers.    The bass drivers connect directly to the amp, and roll off naturally to the tweeter's range.  The tweeter has a very simple design that is wired point to point, rather than on a circuit board, so there is almost no crossover whatsoever.  Every detail matters.  Timing and phase, Totem pays attention to every detail.   
Most of those YouTube reviewers have the same motivation.  New reviews regularly, to up the content on their channel, and generate views/cash.

But Totem is the real deal.  Whether those speakers are ideal for you, only you can say.  
The Arro driver is a completely different one that is not long throw, nor is it designed or made by Totem.  The Arro takes up to 80 watts only, while the Tribe Tower handles up to 200 watts.   
So no, the Arro driver doesn’t move as the ones in the Tribes can do.  That said, I have a 250 wpc amp on the Arros at present.  I only take them up to peaks of about 85 db or so, which is just a few watts at my seating position.  The sound, however, is amazing with the better produced music.  I should say I also have a tube preamp in the mix as well.