Specifications
The speakers require several hours of actual music playing time as a minimal break-in period. During this time, refrain from playing them at very loud levels. You will notice a definite gradual improvement in the cohesiveness of the music reproduction as this occurs.
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- Mass Loading: All Totem columns work very well without any type of mass loading. However if stability is an issue or if there is a particular over emphasis in the bass in the room they are used in, then mass loading can be experimented with. Variables such as electronics, wiring and room dynamics play a definite role and therefore the option is there for your experimentation. One may use: clean dry sand,silica sand, dry particulate matter or non-odor kitty litter.
- Toe-in: Due to the fact that all Totem speakers have great off-axis dispersion, toe-in is generally not needed. Imaging will therefore be more stable from any point in the room. If the speakers are placed very far apart (over 7 feet) then a slight toe-in may be experimented with. However if room geometry does not permit a straight-ahead aspect they will also perform very well with a slight toe-in.
| Break in time: | 100 - 150 hours |
| Placement from rear wall: | 6" - 3' / 152 - 914 mm |
| Placement distance apart: | 2' - 12' / 610 - 3 658 mm |
| Mass Loading: | 10 - 20 lb / 4.5 - 9 kg in each cabinet |
| Frequency Response: | 40 Hz - 20 kHz ± 3 dB (with proper room positioning) |
| Impedance: | 4 ohms |
| Sensitivity: | 87 dB |
| Recommended Power: | 20 - 80 W |
| Crossover frequency: | 2.4 kHz, 2nd order Linkwitz-Riley (optimized) |
| Woofer: | 4.5" / 114 mm sandwich cone double magnet” |
| Tweeter: | 1 impregnated textile dome 0.75" / 19 mm (low resonance freq.) |
| Max SPL's: | In average size listening room (12' x 20' / 4 m x 6 m) 103 dB peak (12' x 15' / 3 658 x 4 572 mm) from pair at 7' / 2 m |
| Dimensions (w x h x d): | 5.1 x 33.5 x 7.1" / 130 x 850 x 180 mm |