Salk Songbirds or Totem Arros for bedroom system?

Have not heard the Arros, but I had a pair of Salk's Songbirds that sounded wonderful, except I felt they are voiced for tubes, they sounded a tad "thin" in the mid bass despite the fact that I drove them with a warmish McCormack DNA 0.5 Deluxe Edition amp. To me anyway.

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The Arro's would be excellent for your purposes, but I don't feel that they could be adequately driven by 30 wpc. I suggest at least 40, and preferably 50 wpc (for a tube amp, anyway).

I haven't heard the Songbirds, so I can't provide a comparison.

Michael

The Arros are a 4 ohm load - I drove them very nicely with a Naim Nait5 (30 wpc into 8 ohms); I miss that pairing!!! Your room size is very similar to mine.

As long as your amp can pass some current into loads that dip a little below 4 ohms, you'll be fine.

I have not hear the Salks but do hear nice things about them.

Soulbrass, I've heard the Arro's with a 25W and a 30W tube amps and I found it anemic compared to some of the more powerful amps I've tried. That's just my experience. Of course, that doesn't mean that all 30W amps will fail to adequately drive the Arro's, but from my experience some won't be up to the task, either.

Michael

Yes, the Arros like some power (current) behind them. Naim does sound great with them. I would like the Arros for your purpose for their size-small footprint yet good height for laying in bed! what amp do you have?

No experience with Salks.

I had a Naim Nait 5i .. sweet! I believe it was 50w/ch though.

My amp is homebrew.

Rob