I have bel Canto 2.7 DAC / peramp and a REF500S power amplifier hooked up to a pair of Totem Sky Towers and the imaging is beautiful along with a great sound stage. Compared to another set of speakers I have that don't produce the same amount of bass even though they are bigger Focal 826.. The Focal are more sensitive but drop to 2.6ohms and are diffucult to drive in the bass regions ' they roll off considerably and need a sub. Whereas the Totem only drop to around 5 ohms and don't really need a sub in a small to medium room. The Totem has aa bigger and fatter presentation than the Focal that just sounds right. The Focal in fairness are a lot cheaper and do impart a house sound that has lots of space around the upper mids and Treble. The Totem are more addictive though in my view.
Totem and Bel Canto?
Right now I have a NAD T747 and a pair of Rainmakers on Atacama stands and I would like to upgrade my sound. I am leaning towards either buy a NAD 275 power amp and running the speakers through that or a Bel Canto Integrated (either the S300iu or C5i). Anyone have experience with either of these? Not sure if it matters but I only have digital material(no cd or vinyl) so I was thinking that the Bel Canto might have the better DAC.