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FEATURE<br />
FEATURE<br />
The concept of mating a<br />
pair of small speakers<br />
to a subwoofer for<br />
room-filling sound with<br />
a modest footprint has<br />
been around for a long<br />
time and it caught my<br />
attention briefly in the<br />
A Mini Miracle<br />
late 1970s. The juiced<br />
high end and boomy bass<br />
quickly became irritating and<br />
I was soon back to those big<br />
from Totem<br />
bookshelf speakers that made<br />
me happy in the first place.<br />
But a lot has changed since<br />
then, and the developments in<br />
driver, cabinet and crossover<br />
Acoustics<br />
technology, along with the<br />
emphasis on desktop and<br />
small space audio, make this<br />
a concept worth revisiting.<br />
Case in point: Canada’s<br />
Totem Acoustics has been<br />
By Mark Marcantonio<br />
working magic with small<br />
monitor speakers for over<br />
two decades now, continually<br />
impressing audio enthusiasts<br />
with great sound at shows<br />
around the world. My<br />
journey with Totem began<br />
about ten years ago with<br />
their Dreamcatchers. That<br />
diminutive cabinet sporting<br />
only a four-inch woofer and<br />
one-inch tweeter had major<br />
dynamic punch and incredible<br />
imaging ability. Ten years<br />
later, Totem’s Kin Mini with<br />
matching Mini Sub takes<br />
advantage of everything<br />
they’ve learned since then.<br />
These are major fun!<br />
138 TONE AUDIO NO.78<br />
995:Sound That Won’t Break The Bank<br />
AUGUST 2016 139
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