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Description :
The Totem Model 1 is a small two-way reflex design featuring a 5" Dynaudio midwoofer with a large cast-frame basket and a 3" voice-coil, a 1.1" metal-dome SEAS tweeter, and a very rigid cabinet. Joints are lock-mitered. An internal full-plane crossbrace further reinforces the cabinet, while sidewalls are made of a light material which quickly dissipates energy. Humid-type gaskets, which remain in a fluid state, are used around the drivers to ensure both damping and decoupling.
These loudspeakers are unusually small and conventional—on the outside. Smaller enclosure size helps reduce diffraction effects in loudspeakers, and allows the drivers to radiate from a common source, more closely approximating a point source than might occur with a large planar design. Also, small rigid enclosures are less apt to store energy and radiate it later, and thus cause interference and blurring. Of course, a small loudspeaker will not have the capacity to play deep, subwooferish bass, and may be limited in headroom. These design tradeoffs have been optimized in the Totems.
The pure test tones on Stereophile's Test CD 2 revealed that the Totems were able to produce clean bass down to 50Hz with no traces of doubling at lower frequencies. On music, the Totems delivered quality bass and plenty of it. Their small size is deceptive.
Specifications :
Type........................................................Two-way, stand-mounted reflex dynamic loudspeaker.
Drive-units................................................1.2" (28mm) metal-dome SEAS tweeter,
................................................125mm Dynaudio 15W75, cellulose-acrylate-cone woofer with 3" voice-coil.
Crossover frequency..................................2.7kHz.
Crossover slopes......................................quasi second-order.
Frequency response..................................50Hz-20kHz ±3dB.
Sensitivity.................................................87dB/W/m (2.83V), maximum sound pressure 103dB.
Nominal impedance...................................4 ohms.
Amplifier requirements...............................15W minimum, 120W maximum.
Enclosure volume......................................7.2 liters.
Dimensions(w x d x h)...............................16.5 x 25 x 31.5 cm
Weight.....................................................6 kg per side
Miscellaneous :
Made in....................................................Canada
Condition..................................................6 / 10 (Tweeter and woofer dented)
Product information :
http://www.totemacoustic.com/products/compact/model-1_signature/ (Totem Model 1 Signature)
Reviews :
http://www.stereophile.com/loudspeakerreviews/820/index.html
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_8_4/totem-acoustics-signature-speakers-10-2001.html (Totem Model 1 Signature)
http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/ian02.htm (Totem Model 1 Signature) |
