Totem Shaman vs Wind

I walked by a hifi room one day years ago, and the most amazing orchestra was playing in that room; just drew me in like magic tendrils. Turned out to be no orchestra in sight, but a pair of Totem Winds. Nothing else ever reached out to me quite that way, but I have no room for them myself.

Ghunter; did Vince get into any short list of good amps to pair with the Manis? I hope to work my way up in that direction...

I didn't ask him too much about a list, rather specifically about my current Audio Research VS110 (100wpc) and the VT220 (200w monoblocs) that I'm thinking of upgrading to. He said that although the VS110 is around the minimum power that he would like to see in front of a Mani-2, it would still work nicely without needing to upgrade to the more powerful mono amps.

More importantly (to my decision, that is) he mentioned that he'd like to see an ultra-high performance cable like those from Harmonic Research ($3k+) with the Mani-2 to get their full potential out.

I'm now trying to decide between a finicky speaker like the Mani-2 and the more easily set up Wind. After years of putting up with the extreme finicky-ness of a Naim system, I'm really leaning towards the simpler route. You may have more patience than me :)

I´m using Transparent Reference cables and Plinius SA250 for my Mani-2 which is really beutiful and the only change I maybe will do is to Shaman or Wind.
Although I´ve heard that many like Moon amplifiers together with Totem speakers.

Brainwater,
why did you sell your Shamans?

Ulfdantes, Vince seemed to think that a properly set up Mani-2 would outperform the Wind. He didn't comment on the Mani-2 vs. Shaman as I told him the WAF ruled out the larger model for me immediately.