![]() ![]() Overall build is good and the cabinet feels reassuringly rigid. The standard finish choices, also white or black but with a satin finish, look neat though. But they are functional, and should you choose one of the premium high gloss finishes – white or black at an extra £1000 – the terminal panel gets changed for something much classier. The bi-wire speaker terminals on our review samples wouldn’t look out of place on speakers one-tenth of the price. Its non-parallel sides reduce the build-up of internal standing waves, and the panels are damped by the use of Borosilicate – something unique to Totem, to the best of our knowledge. ![]() That small, angled cabinet isn’t ordinary either. The crossover for this high frequency unit is a simple first order design, reducing the degrading impact of a more complex solution. The larger than normal diameter has presumably been chosen to help integration with those two Torrent mid/bass units and that heavily dished metal faceplate helps to control dispersion. ![]() This purist approach to speaker design is carried over to the unusually large 33mm ‘laser etched’ textile soft dome tweeter.
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