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

The totem mani 2's are the way to go. i have had multiple pairs of totem speakers in the past (model 1's and arros) and sold them all to buy 2 pairs of mani 2's. The forests are also a great sounding speaker and are much easier to drive than the mani's. If you have the amplifiers, the mani's are a more musical speaker than the forest.

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.