Totem vs Dynaudio

Some but not all Totems use Dynaudio drivers (just wish I remembered which ones). That being said Dynaudio will not sell a current production driver to a manufacturer. They will sell older drivers but more importantly they still have stock for the drivers they ever produced. I was even told by a Dynaudio Rep if they ever run out of a driver they have all the materials to make more and have in the past.

Mapman has another great point. As a Dyn owner I will say they sound fantastic when you have an amp that puts out good clean current. Watts don't mean much to the Dyns. I'm currently running an Octave V70SE with EL34 tubes which in theory brings me down to 49w. That crushed my old integrated that was rated at 180w @ 4ohms. I'm as happy with the sound as when I had my KT88's in @ 70w.

Disclaimer - I am a Dynaudio C1 owner and I can not say enough good about the entire Dynaudio product line and their service.

To me, Dynaudio is one of the cornerstone brands in high end audio. Just solid, solid and solid all around and hard to beat.

Totem is also up there.

YMMV.

Ditto, the above. I have owned several pair of Dynaudio speakers in the past. I suspect that I will own more in the future. You will not be disappointed in the 140's.

I've had Dynaudio standmounts, heard Focus 110 and discussed the 140 with dealers, I also owned Forests. Of them all for me the Forests were the best balanced. The dealers suggested while a good speaker the bass wasn't as well intergrated in the 140 as some. The Forest runs a metal tweeter that doesn't have their hard/bright tendency and a Woofer that looks like a Dynaudio one but is sourced elsewhere and then modified. I'd definately recommend giving Forest's a listen though I've no experience of your amp and your room is also an important consideration.

I have owned the forest and dyn 1.3 se,s.the dyns wont give you the dynamics of the forests(bass extention).The dyns will be a smoother sound,totems are great imagers.Your music consideration s should be the deciding factor.defride is absolutly correct alu tweeter is not for everyones taste...needs to be considered (if try before buy?)strongly.Woofer on totem is no a dyaudio,i forget what it is(swan)well made though.both are great little speakers but very differant animals.