Dave, none of us have said that Totem doesn't make a nice speaker. Many of you enjoy it's sound and feel it's a good value. I auditioned them often as my local dealer has the line. They weren't for me, but they were nice.
Not sure why you jumped on helmomech like you did. All he said was that you made a false claim.
BTW, I checked out most of their speakers on their site to see what hey are made of and they all seem to be MDF. I haven't seen solid wood on any of them. Which ones do you own? The problem with solid wood, other than movement, is that each wood as a specific density and sounds totally different. I have had many headphones. My favorite material for cups so far has been Purple Heart and Boccote (my ZMF Ori's are the rare Boccote). Sorry, not trying to get us off track on cabinet materials.