That is an amazing find at a thrift. Some family dealt off some great speakers (I hope the deceased audio nut is still resting peacefully...). I ran a pair of these for several years, then went up to the Signature version. I definitely would NOT go with lean electronics on these! They do best with SS amps, due to their impedance and the isobaric bass driver design, but I would lean toward the warmer ones. Their weakness is a tendency toward hardness in the upper mid's to lower treble, and that's where the amp choice (and speaker cables) can tune things in.
Totem Mani 2 At The Thrift
I found a pair of these at the thrift store the other day, and the more I listen to them the more revealing they are.
And the more amazed I found them the way I did.
They are sitting on top of a pair of Yamaha NS 1000's, also a thrift find from a decade ago, and the Yamaha's may envelope the room more obviously I am hearing thing coming out of the Mani's that I have not heard with the NS 1000's.
Using a Adcom GTP 400 Pre, and an Acurus A250. I need to pull out my Yamaha CR 2040 and see how they sound with that.
They put so much stuff on their website for sale I was surprised they put these out. I would love to know what was driving them, but I bet they kept that for their website.
(All of the above equipment has come from the thrift over the years.)
https://i.postimg.cc/Fsvdxn7y/003.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/dQ6vzW5m/002.jpg
And the more amazed I found them the way I did.
They are sitting on top of a pair of Yamaha NS 1000's, also a thrift find from a decade ago, and the Yamaha's may envelope the room more obviously I am hearing thing coming out of the Mani's that I have not heard with the NS 1000's.
Using a Adcom GTP 400 Pre, and an Acurus A250. I need to pull out my Yamaha CR 2040 and see how they sound with that.
They put so much stuff on their website for sale I was surprised they put these out. I would love to know what was driving them, but I bet they kept that for their website.
(All of the above equipment has come from the thrift over the years.)
https://i.postimg.cc/Fsvdxn7y/003.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/dQ6vzW5m/002.jpg
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