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Experience Totem’s never-ending quest for an affordable soul mover of the highest caliber. Regardless of what other audio components you pair this speaker with – whether it’s the KIN AMP, an exotic tube amplifier or a cutting-edge Totem surround system – it will reward you with a superior listening enjoyment.
Design Highlights
Custom engineered 5.25 inch drivers
• Custom engineered 1.3 inch tweeters
• Handmade crossovers
• Artisanal cabinet construction
• Available in White Oak, Satin White and Black Ash
• Magnetic Grilles
Customized Drivers
Every single driver is completely unique to Totem and proprietary in design, engineered by Totem and then manufactured to the strictest standards to meet our parameters by the finest raw driver suppliers in the world. In some cases, where the technology is beyond the capabilities of suppliers or is wished to be kept secret, Totem can and will build our own drivers. Every driver exhibits phase linearity, speed, emotion, off axis natural presentation, and spatial articulation.
Handmade Crossovers
Totem crossovers don’t require many parts because of the synergy between our customized drivers, but the components are the world’s best. Our crossovers aren’t built on PCB’s because the laminated conductive tracks are weak and inconsistent. Instead they are secured to a thin piece of fiberboard or insulated polymers and components are mechanically crimped together because it simply sounds better. When we must solder, we choose WBT Silver Solder, the purest in the industry.
Artisanal Cabinet Construction
Meticulously hand crafted for peak performance that lasts decades. Lock-Miter assembly is an intricate woodworking procedure where edges physically interlock together. The resulting cabinet is up to 5 times stronger than conventional V Groove cabinets. Internal and external veneering resists warping, structurally fortifies, and ensures consistent peak performance. Industry unique Borosilicate damping manages dissipation, keeps the cabinet musically alive, and never deteriorates. Popular materials like poly fillers eventually decay, dramatically affecting the performance. Variable Density Fiberboard is denser at the extremities than the interior to reduce repetitive nodes and resonances.
Connectors
Two sets of high conductivity gold plated connectors efficiently capture the incoming signal for superior speaker performance and allow traditional, bi-wire, or even bi-amplification options. They accommodate a variety of connection options such as bare wire, banana plugs, and spades.
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Design: Ported 2-Way Monitor Speaker
Tweeter: 1.3 in /33 mm Laser Etched Textile Soft Dome
Woofer: .25 in / 133.35 mm Long throw (3 inch Voice Coil)
Impedance: 8 Ohm
Sensitivity: 87 db
Frequency Response: 40 Hz to 29.5 kHz ± 3 dB
Recommended Power: 30-150W
Crossover Frequency: 2.5 kHz (first order)
Speaker Terminals: 4 way Bi-Wire-able
Break in Time: 70-100 hours
Placement (from rear wall): 6in - 3ft/ 152 - 914.4mm
Placement (in between): 3ft – 10ft / 914.4 – 3048mm
Dimensions: Width 171mm / 6.732in, height: 333mm / 13.110in
Depth: 243mm / 9.567in and 253mm / 9.961in (with grill installed)
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Please contact us for pricing information.
On Demo !
Rather than just make the same models again, we decided to rework the complete range. Significant attention has been paid to better cabinet construction and finish, and the crossovers and drive units have also been improved.
We eventually decided to make the entire range in the same Austrian factory as all of our other ‘speakers. As such, the build quality is - as you would expect - superb.
Initially we will offer two real wood veneers: European Walnut and Black Ash.
We are also introducing the long promised but never released AX Three model which will fill the gap between the AN-K/D and the AX-Two. More information on this will be coming presently!