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Totem Mani 2 At The Thrift

I found a pair of these at the thrift store the other day, and the more I listen to them the more revealing they are.
And the more amazed I found them the way I did. 
They are sitting on top of a pair of Yamaha NS 1000's, also a thrift find from a decade ago, and the Yamaha's may envelope the room more obviously I am hearing thing coming out of the Mani's that I have not heard with the NS 1000's.
Using a Adcom GTP 400 Pre, and an Acurus A250. I need to pull out my Yamaha CR 2040 and see how they sound with that.
They put so much stuff on their website for sale I was surprised they put these out. I would love to know what was driving them, but I bet they kept that for their website.

(All of the above equipment has come from the thrift over the years.)
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laviathon OP
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Nice find I guess........where are the Emoji’s. Leaner?

I have only ever had a couple small Speakers that were worth keeping, Kef 102’s, and Tannoy system 800’s so what I am going by for comparison is limited.

Still nice find for a junk shop to say the least. It’s very tough to get anything worth a damn anymore out of them, although it’s possible......

(I never give out prices I pay, but I paid very little for them)
laviathon OP
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Believe it or not the first unit I ran with them to test them was a NAD 7140. The NAD being the great little unit it is drove them effortlessly.

I will continue to use my group of amps. 
laviathon OP
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I would mention that I been running these for two years now with a Denon 980 R. Couldn't be happier......(I know I could do better amp wise but not for the price....)

laviathon OP
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I found a pair of JBL 4311’s a week before the Mani 2’s. $40, sold for $600.....nice speaker, just didn’t need them. The Totem’s are sitting on top of them.

Not familiar with Spica. I am always on the hunt......

laviathon OP
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I could do lots of things........🙄

They sound great on top of my NS 1000’s......😁

laviathon OP
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Sound great listening to Art Pepper on MY VERSION of speaker stands.

 

I would upgrade my Amp, but nah. Only on the fly. Local dig spot won't put good amps out any longer. Sigh.

(A few vintage pieces will be going in the near future)

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