About three years ago I was ready to spring for a pair of B&W 805 Diamonds, can't accommodate a large pair of speakers in my 13x24' living room, but attended an event at my local audio salon (mainly to learn about computer audio), since Totem was buying the drinks that night, decided to listen in to Vince's presentation...and the Totem Fire Monitors knocked my socks off!
A few Saturday's later I assembled a stack of my favorite CDs and headed to the showroom, on a wet, gloomy day it was empty, so I was able to spend some "quality time" with each speaker driven by the same amp I had at home (at the time an NAD M3 integrated). I was just floored at how natural the Totems sounded, had great "sound stage. had great dynamics, voices and acoustic instruments just sounded fantastic.
So I ordered a pair in black.
Since then I've had the hots to listen to other monitors, trying out a pair of Tannoy's, Sonus Fabers, Wilson's and a few other speakers that all sounded great, but not motivating me to change. I've since upgraded the electronics and spent my free cash on a music server.
Looks like the Totems are here to stay!
If you can swing the extra amount to snare the Fire's I'd recommend them highly.
A few Saturday's later I assembled a stack of my favorite CDs and headed to the showroom, on a wet, gloomy day it was empty, so I was able to spend some "quality time" with each speaker driven by the same amp I had at home (at the time an NAD M3 integrated). I was just floored at how natural the Totems sounded, had great "sound stage. had great dynamics, voices and acoustic instruments just sounded fantastic.
So I ordered a pair in black.
Since then I've had the hots to listen to other monitors, trying out a pair of Tannoy's, Sonus Fabers, Wilson's and a few other speakers that all sounded great, but not motivating me to change. I've since upgraded the electronics and spent my free cash on a music server.
Looks like the Totems are here to stay!
If you can swing the extra amount to snare the Fire's I'd recommend them highly.