Totem Rainmaker distortion??


I have a relatively new pair of Rainmakers, and in the lower mids I'm getting a vibrational buzz at certain frequencies. Have any other owners experienced this? Is it part of the break in process? It is quite disturbing especially on vocals. Thanks for any insight.

My system...
Amp; Audio Research 150.2
Pre; Audio Research LS 12
CD; Consonance 120
Cable; Nordost Blue Heaven rev. 2.
trumpetbri

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Thanks to all of you for your helpful suggestions! I bought them from Mike Wall...(supposedly a dealer) here on Audiogon.) They were brand new "factory sealed." I'm in hopes he will take care of me. I've never encountered this from speakers before. I was wondering if the Ayre burn in disc could have caused this. I've only used the brown noise track at reasonable moderate levels. Who knows, could it have loosened things up inside? Again, it hasn't hurt other speakers in ANY way...only helped speed the burn in. Thanks for any other view points you can offer on the Ayre disc or whatever your experiences are with burn in/speakers etc. -Brian.
Well Folks, thanks for your help. I decided to retire the rainmakers as I found out it was a piece of solder on the wiring inside the cabinet creating the noise. Feeling less than confident about their manufacturing, I have returned them to my dealer, and am going to switch to the Whafedale Evolution 10 speakers. They have been getting raves and have been around long enough not to let solder get in the way of their sound I'm sure. Totem should check their items carefully before they go out. Too bad as I liked the sound I was getting outside of the ringing/vibrating frequency.