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Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures

I am putting together a new 2 channel system! I am looking for a new pair of speakers and my budget is around $7000. This thread has to deal only with the Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures!!!!!!  I have always been a fan of Totem Acoustic and love the Totem sound.  I have owned almost all their speakers except for the element series and the Forest Signatures. I have been trying to find reviews on the signatures but can't find anything useful so I am turning to the Audiogon crowd.

Has anyone demoed these or does anyone currently own a pair or owned a pair in the past that can give some useful insight? I don't listen to my music at high volumes and my music mainly consists of R&B from the 50's till now.

The speakers will be hooked up to the following - Hegel H360 integrated 
- Hegel Cdp4a CD player 
- Audioquest Wild Blue Yonder interconnects
- Audioquest Wild Wood speaker cable
- Audioquest Wel Signature power cables
- Shunyata MPC12A power conditioner but looking to upgrade to their new Denali series.
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nutty
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Very nice cables, dave_b!
Did you go with a biwire speaker interface? 

The Signatures never cease to amaze. So crisp and clear. And you're right. They can make you really appreciate your upstream components.

Today I spun Black Light Syndrome. It features Terry Bozio, Steve Stevens and Toni Levin. A very high quality recording. 

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dave_b
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I have single runs of the HD38’s with Magnum jumpers.  Also have NBS custom jumpers for a different flavor when desired.  Used Bi-Wire in past but single run seems to offer a bolder bottom end and midrange, plus I can change upper frequencies with alternate jumpers.  I’ll have to check out BLS...love Toni Levin!
nutty
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dave_b,

BLS is a showstopper on disc. Easily one of my go to demo discs. 

My speaker cables are no where near the caliber of your MIT's. I'm currently running Audioquest Gibraltar shotgun with the Audioquest and Totem recommended diagonal connection. Black - to the low post and Red + to the top post. Using Clear Day Cable custom "4" wire silver jumpers. The high frequencies are effortless with no hash. 

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dave_b
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Nice Nutty!  I can’t believe how the Signatures put out such a dynamic, deep sound with such a huge cavernous soundstage...they have a presence like my old Wilson WP 6’s had but more musical!!
schubert
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What would you say in the minimum power needed to show the Sigs at their best ? I believe Totem is the least expensive speaker that will do all that needs doing for the Classical music i listen to .IMO Canadian made is a good thing , a very good thing .

Only SS amps I have on hand are a Belles that does 250 @ 4 Ohms anda Van Alstine that makes 400 @4 Ohms .They seem to drive my Totem model 1 Sigs OK and they are not a easy speaker to drive.
Also, what would you consider a good price for the Forest Sigs ?I'm wondering if our leader is going to put a tariff on them .
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