Totem Hawks/Forests - Upstream Components


Hi,

I am trying to set-up a 2 channel set-up based on Totem Hawks / Forests. I will be deciding on which speaker very shortly. I am curious about the set-up I should be going for ?

1. Stereo Integarated Amplifier ?

2. Pre-Amp & Amp ?

3. SS or Tubes ?

Should I be going for separates (or) integrated ? In either case, can you please recomemnd any proven coherent components for these speakers ?

Thanks
Grakesh
grakesh

Showing 1 response by mbacinello

Totem has been showing their speakers recently useing Plinius electronics, they are widely regarded as a great match. Either integrated or separates should work fine, generally separates tend to offer higher performance, though not always...most people recommend solid state with totem

depending on the speakers you choose the power requirments will be different...unlike virtually every other speaker Totem makes, the Forests are easy to drive, and dont require a lot of power, 50 watts will do fine, with their other speakers, the more power the better.

I recently heard the forrests with musical fidelity separates and thought they sounded excellent... i also heard them with bryston separates and like it far less.