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

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.

The reference to "Larry from LSA" raises my curiosity level, but what company is being referred to by the posting of Lrsky?

I just completed work on two designs which will hit the street soon.
Listening groups, which include audiophiles, and not really interested parties, all picked my designs over all the other products in the listening session. It was really embarrassing, as the LSA 2 killed the Sonus Faber at $2K more per pair.
The LSA1 and 2 is all natural wood, with rosewood as a standard finish. Three way, for the 2 and two way for the 1, with completely (as I can make it )natural sound.
Working in the lab with Jim Thiel taught me what to do, and frankly, what not to do. No hot sound here, simple an invisible tweeter,and beautiful mid.
My plan is to mass market, but there may be some direct sales.
This is kind of like Mick in Austrailia. You may wait to get hand made speakers that outperform, for example the THIEL SCS3 and the B&W 805, costing between $2K and $3K., for $625.00

panderso, i did quite a bit of auditioning of other speakers before going the totem route. I auditioned: proac, aerial 10t, sonus faber, thiel 1.6, joseph, revel f30 and m20, dynaudio special 25, audio physic spark III, totem hawk, totem forest, kef reference, and i used to own a pair of nht 2.9's. I first purchased a pair of totem model 1's after auditioning the above speakers. I paired the model 1's with a rel strata III sub. nice musical setup in my audio room. i then purchased a pair of totem arros for my den. amazing little speaker. i have since sold the model 1's along with the rel sub and the arros and replaced them with 2 pairs of mani 2's for my den and audio room. awesome musical full range monitor. the only issue with these speakers is the requirement of a powerful amplifier. i use a yamaha rx-v1 in my home theater room (i think 140 watts) and hooked up the mani's to the front pair and the yamaha barely drove them. they sounded just ok. i use a pair of bigger monoblocks in my audio room with the mani 2's and it makes a huge difference with the increase of power. i was contemplating purchasing a classe ca-301, ca-401 or even the omega amps to drive them in my audio room. i have to admit that I will probably be selling my 1 pair of mani's that i use in my den. to me, they are overkill for my den setup whereas the model 1's would be a better fit in this room. i will be going back to a smaller pair of totem speakers.

Rbstehno, your post and Hepl's are most valuable. Thank you both. That kind of comparative experience is more useful to me than most professional reviews (not that I won't continue reading them)which usually leave me asking 'compared to what?'.