Hawks vs Model one sig.


Need some help deciding on witch speaker to go with for
my dedicated listening room upstairs. Small room 12X10
Was going to run them with Plinius 9100 or 9200.
My son has a pair of original model 1 that sound great
on classe cap 150
in his room but would like a little more base. Do not want a subwoofer. I listen to mostly Jazz and some rock.
Thanks
jajmyers

Showing 2 responses by rbstehno

the model 1 is an excellent speakers. had it for years in a 12 x 13' room. i did eventually team them up with a rel strata III sub because when i had to play at low volumes, the bass was pretty lean and using the sub allowed for full sound at all levels. the hawks are also very nice that will give you more bass, but not as clean sounding as the model 1's. i eventually sold all my totems and went to all totem mani 2's. if you want a model 1 but want more bass, this is the speaker for you. i preferred this speaker over the more expensive winds. if you go with the mani's, you will need a more powerful amp, say a good classe or macintosh 200+ watts with a lot of reserve power. even if you stay buy the model 1's or hawks, you will still benefit from a good powerful amp. your current classe is too small for the model 1's or mani's.
robertbrown - i disagree with you on a few things. the model 1's are an excellent speaker with tight bass in the right room. even the arros (which i also owned) have amazing bass for the 4" woofer. as for the mani's, they are not missing anything. i even asked vince from totem if i should move up to the winds and he told me to stay with the mani's. when i met him at a show and listened to the winds, he was right. for a mix of ht and audio, the winds would be my choice, but for audio, i'll stay with the mani's.

since you state that some of these speakers are lousy, (which the hawks are not), and the mani's are missing something, i would have to guess that these issues are from something else besides the speakers. either your room, speaker positioning, or front end electronics. i have never heard of anybody indicating that totem speakers are lousy.