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Totem Forest, Mani 2's or Green Mtn Audio Europa

Looking for help with speaker choice from above - others also welcome. Amp is BV Audio A300s integrated,CD is Arcam 23T. Room is large, 28' x 16', living room/dining room combo converted to pool room with small listening area. Ceilings are 24ft. Floors are marble. System is on short wall at opposite end of room from pool table. Music choice is all over the board from Rock to jazz to trance. Volume level will very depending on use of room. Great sound with tight bass wanted at both high and low volumes.

Thanks for the help
jmpwme
blcube
94 posts
 
Good Question (Panderso), I want to hear the answer to this
recommendation.
jmpwme OP
106 posts
 
As an update - Vince from Totem suggested the Forests with a thunder sub given the choice of amp and room size.
lrsky
1,118 posts
 
Larry from LSA recommends the LSA 2, a $1499. speaker which kills the $3500., Sonus Grand Piano, according to consensus of several groups of audiophiles and non audiophiles. They sound like $12000. and list for $1400. No dynamic constraints.
Even the $625. Bookshelf would destroy all commers.
hepl
147 posts
 
Panderso,

I have compared it to the Dynaudio Special 25 and the JM Labs Micro Utopias. For my music taste (Jazz, brazilian and latin rock) I do preffer the huge bass of the Mani-2.
Patricia Barber's Distorsion of Love, (I never went away and My Girl), are very demanding on the bass, so is Soda Stereo MTV Unplugged(first track). The Mani-2 provide deep and very tight bass on this two cds. The Special 25 bass was rather loose, the Micro Utopias couldn't go that low.
Hope this helps.
lrsky
1,118 posts
 
Larry from LSA recommends the LSA 2, a $1499. speaker which kills the $3500., Sonus Grand Piano, according to consensus of several groups of audiophiles and non audiophiles. They sound like $12000. and list for $1400. No dynamic constraints.
Even the $625. Bookshelf would destroy all commers.
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