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Totem Winds are Too Bright

I'm trying to figure out why my Winds are always too bright. I'm not getting the bass balance I want, which in this case would be more bass. Could it be that having a copper connector to connect the biwire posts on the speakers could cause this (not seperate bi-wired cabled)? Could it be that powering with a 45 watt/channel tube amp might not be giving enough power to adequatly run the full sound stage?

Your thoughts please.
jcbach
newbee
4,821 posts
 
Could be the amp, more likely the set up in your room, but its not the because they are not biwired. The differences on biwiring are subtle. You should make sure that you have optomized your listing position and you speaker seet up before you start spending money. If you need help in that area, post you room dimensions listening position and speaker placements and folks will give you some good suggestions.
twilo
357 posts
 
Jcbach, you are definitely underpowering them. I heard the Totem Wind speakers at the Stereophile show in 2002 on that large Totem intergrated amp. It looked the size of a Krell amp. The bass was great on the Winds. It was upbeat and tight. It had a very smooth sound. There is no way in history these speakers were bright. I wouldn't use a tube amp on the Totem Winds. You need a good solid state amp.
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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
WINDS WITH 45/CH TUBE AMP???
YO GOTTA BE KIDDIN' DUDE!

Figure 200Wpc at least.
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