Pass labs with totems

i have owned totem speakers, arro,,,wind,,,and i have talked with totem alot concerning equipment, until this year totem has always recommended naim ,solid state, unison tube or hybrid and they need atleast 50 watts and up. This year they used ayre ss amps,etc. ..i owned krell with my totems and loved the amp due to the balance of their amps and they do great with bass, lower frequencies....i also used cayin tube with totem and loved it....hope this may help...i do like the totem speakers , i think they are a great speaker value...and they tend to look good in any room...also sound good in a bout every room....so i suggest, naim, ayre.,krell, solid state and unison, cayin tubes....dwhitt, to answer your question about the pass amps, they are extremely well built and ofcourse sound wonderful, but i think they are to passive for the totems. krell is the most dynamic i have heard with them, check out my sytem , it shows my arro totem's with the cayin amp..what a blast for jazz,,it was my small jazz system. of the speakers you listed i like the model one...

i seem to be taking up all the room here, didn't mention the plinius ,,great amp,,,right there with the krell in dynamics...

I'd owned a pair of Arro's for years, powered by several solid state and tube amps.
They always sounded great and easily conveyed improvements in amplification quality.

By circumstance, I aquired a Pass Labs XA60 the day before I sold my Arro's.
I was able to hook them up breifly and they sounded so good together I nearly cried...

I have pass labs aleph 3 driving totem model 1. The sound is simply incredible. The aleph is rated 30 wpc at 8 ohms and 60 wpc at 4 and 2 ohms. I know of a few that are running the same pass amp with the totem model 1. it is loud enough for me in my office/music room. krell may be more dynamic but, I prefer the purity of the midrange of the aleph & totem setup. I have had more powerful amps drive the totems but it did not compare with the combo I have now. The XA.5 series amp will be more dynamic than the older aleph series. I have not heard the mani 2s, you need some watts to run the mani. I'm a big fan of the totem model 1, I run a sub with them.

My experience....
I've run the arro's with an aleph 3 for many years in a variety of rooms, from small (12 x 14) to large size (14 x 22). I was able to get adequate sound levels in all situations, but felt the smaller room really complimented the combo, the larger room would accentuate the lack of low end. The sound quality in a small room was amazing. Pure and transparent. The imaging was totally enveloping. Not just from the plane of the speaker and back, but localized sounds all around me. It's a "you are there" experience, rather than a "they are here" sound. I've used a proceed AVP running in 2 channel mode and then went onto a BAT VK-3i. I preferred the AVP.

I use the ADELPH 3 and first Pass L Pre with a pair of Totem Sky Towers. The pre-amp is -the first incarnation that has adjustable gain via a rocker switch inside. The sound set @ 0db is very natural and believable in all ways. I have tried more sensitive lowther Bicor speakers that I own and much prefer the Totems. There is enough volume as I need in my 26-foot x 20-foot room. All are very enjoyable and the best amplifiers I have owned.