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Totem Forest, Mani 2's or Green Mtn Audio Europa

Looking for help with speaker choice from above - others also welcome. Amp is BV Audio A300s integrated,CD is Arcam 23T. Room is large, 28' x 16', living room/dining room combo converted to pool room with small listening area. Ceilings are 24ft. Floors are marble. System is on short wall at opposite end of room from pool table. Music choice is all over the board from Rock to jazz to trance. Volume level will very depending on use of room. Great sound with tight bass wanted at both high and low volumes.

Thanks for the help
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hepl
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The Mani-2 are the best speakers I have owned in the last
20 years, over 20 pairs by 6 different manufacturers and
prices from 2K to 16K. They do require an adecuate amp,
but power seem to be cheaper this days. Just bought a Signature pair about a month ago, can stop listening to them.
hepl
147 posts
 
Panderso,

I have compared it to the Dynaudio Special 25 and the JM Labs Micro Utopias. For my music taste (Jazz, brazilian and latin rock) I do preffer the huge bass of the Mani-2.
Patricia Barber's Distorsion of Love, (I never went away and My Girl), are very demanding on the bass, so is Soda Stereo MTV Unplugged(first track). The Mani-2 provide deep and very tight bass on this two cds. The Special 25 bass was rather loose, the Micro Utopias couldn't go that low.
Hope this helps.
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