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Totem Rokks, Wow!

post #1 of 43
6/18/04 at 7:57pm
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A pair of Totem Rokks just arrived. I can not believe the sound produced by these little speakers. I may never go back to headphones, well that's not true, but wow these things sound great. Anyone else have any experience with these speakers?
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post #2 of 43
6/18/04 at 8:39pm
Congratulations.

But I don't see the Rokks in the current Totem lineup.

I have my eye on the Mani 2 for a while. But have to get a much beefier amp first


PS: If you do decide to sell your headphone rig, I get first dibs
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post #3 of 43
6/18/04 at 8:44pm
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I bought on an auction on Audiogon. They are 3 or 4 years old. I had been looking at a pair of Totem Arros but they were more money than I was prepared to spend at the time. The ones you are looking at are in a whole different price range than I was looking at. If these little ones are any example, they can't be bad.
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post #4 of 43
6/18/04 at 8:46pm
I read that Totems like lots of power, especially with tube amps.

Enjoy your new toy.

What are you current speakers that you are comparing the Rokks with?

How is the bass response? How big are the woofers?

I remember reading somewhere that Totem uses a different cross over (can't remember the details), that's why they sound so special.
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post #5 of 43
6/18/04 at 8:55pm
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The speakers I had before were Wharfedale 8.2 70 Diamond Anniversay Edition. They both have 5 1/2" woofer. The first thing I noticed about them was the bass. The receiver that is being used is a cheap pioneer. I am thinking of hooking my Marantz 1060, which I decided not to sell and then use the Eddie Current HD300 as a preamp. I am also going to by a roll of Home Depot extension cord wire, I think the 14 gauge and use as speaker wire. I read about it in Absolute Sound.
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post #6 of 43
6/18/04 at 9:10pm
Receivers will never do the Totems justice. Use a dedicated amp, the beefier the better.
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post #7 of 43
6/18/04 at 9:26pm
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I am going to set up tonight if I can make room. I will report back.
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post #8 of 43
6/18/04 at 9:28pm
Actually, many people are saying that the new top end receivers (>$1000) are beating the pants off of some of the separates whose designs have kinda stagnated. Big budget types need apply only though Too bad I'm not one of them.

I gotta recommend a blaupunkt tripath amp to go with it though I know the chances of someone following this recco is like nil
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post #9 of 43
6/18/04 at 9:41pm
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My reciever is definitely <$1000. In fact it's more like <$200. I am probably going to give my Marantz 1060 a try. I've read some good things about an old NAD integrated amp, I think 3020 or something like that.
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post #10 of 43
6/18/04 at 10:24pm
Onecall.com has the Harman kardon 7200 receiver on clearance. People have said that the amp section bests may high end dedicated amps. The receiver weighs ~60lb!

Too bad I live in an apartment, don't feel like dealing with a receiver this heavy.
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post #11 of 43
6/18/04 at 10:29pm
Another thing is, the new digital amps even though they are nice, they have problems driving 4ohm speakers.
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post #12 of 43
6/18/04 at 10:35pm
HK receivers are really nice for the money if you get one used. Anyway, I found a review of the Rokks, apparently they're from 1995 (ancient). Totem speakers are really nice though, it's nice that a less-recognized brand is now becoming popular (they have ads...lol). Anyway, here's the link Rokks.
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post #13 of 43
6/18/04 at 10:38pm
HK receivers are nice. But, the thing I am worried about high powered receivers is the amp section generations ridiculous amounts of heat (sign of true high current design), how long the receiver's electronics section is going to last under all that heat is anyone's guess.

7200 in particular is notorious for generating large amounts of heat.
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post #14 of 43
6/18/04 at 10:42pm
Even the blaupunkt tripath car amps that are designed to be bridgeable and have the guts to put power into 2 ohms? Ok, it's only on paper, but a car amp HAS to drive 4 ohms solidly, since just about every car speaker system out there in existence is 4 ohms Actually this is the first time I've heard that any of these digital amps have any significant driving power problems at all. The one area where I remember hearing problems bout is driving VMPS RM40 speakers, which are ridiculously complex and inefficient, and that's regarding the panny digital amps, not tripath based ones. Plus, I have a feeling it's more an impedance SLOPE problem than a straight out impedance problem. Those speakers just need a hefty amp, period. lan is driving his notoriously hard to drive maggies off a "wimpy" panny xr-25 fine, as far as he's telling us

No doubt that this blaupunkt 150w tripath amp is on my wishlist. If I ever run into a treasure chest of money, I'd buy two of them and bridge them into 400w monoblocks
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post #15 of 43
6/18/04 at 10:57pm
Head,

There are also the Carver Pro (not affiliated with the regular Carver line) digital amps and the PS Audio HCA-2.
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