I have Plinius gear sa 250,sa102 and 8200 so either is good
9100 or the 9200 long term the 9200 will be better because it will drive bigger speakers if you ever decide to upgrade your speakers. I also have own meny totem speakers
Shamans,Winds and the Forests all have great sound and detail with each one I get better depth and bass. I have owned model ones,Mani 2's and Hawks and sold them all.
Model one no sound stage and bass,the mani 2's had the base but it was missing something which I couldn't quit put my finger on it and the Hawks are just plain lousy.
I asked the owner of Totem why the Hawks where so bad and he told me that the drivers in the Shamans,Winds and the Forests are not same they use in the hawks.
the system I would recommend is the 9200,forests and MSB dac http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlconv&1230234039&/Msb-link-iii-Upsampling-DAC-Pr
and analysis Plus cables and you will have a sytem for the next five years until you upgrade
9100 or the 9200 long term the 9200 will be better because it will drive bigger speakers if you ever decide to upgrade your speakers. I also have own meny totem speakers
Shamans,Winds and the Forests all have great sound and detail with each one I get better depth and bass. I have owned model ones,Mani 2's and Hawks and sold them all.
Model one no sound stage and bass,the mani 2's had the base but it was missing something which I couldn't quit put my finger on it and the Hawks are just plain lousy.
I asked the owner of Totem why the Hawks where so bad and he told me that the drivers in the Shamans,Winds and the Forests are not same they use in the hawks.
the system I would recommend is the 9200,forests and MSB dac http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlconv&1230234039&/Msb-link-iii-Upsampling-DAC-Pr
and analysis Plus cables and you will have a sytem for the next five years until you upgrade