Has Anybody Else Heard These?
If you want the magic of holographic soundstages of a realistic size then the ideal speaker is a single driver dipolar line source. No crossover, unified dispersion, magic. Doesn't exist.Yes it does. Check out the drivers from Lil Audio that are used in their Crystal 10 speaker. Single coaxial driver, no crossover, very high sensitivity, unique cabinetry to control back wave without stuffing, and decent low end extension. Decware sells them and they match well with their 2 watt SET amps. J.Chip |
Looks like no one has heard the Tribes yet, still a pretty new model I guess. I was going to go and check out millercarbon Moab's but my trip got cut short and have now decided they are to HUGE for our house! The Tribes looked like a more of a natural fit for us (or something more along their size), just need to have a listen. jchiappinelli, Interesting response to mijostyn. I will check out the Crystal 10. |
I had not heard of the Tribe Tower but did some reading just now. I wonder how two 4” mid/bass drivers can reproduce the full range of music that larger drivers can. The bass is said to be impressive given the small size. I just can’t imagine such an arrangement competing with some of the better loudspeakers — and at $5,000 for the pair, there are a lot of speakers to compare. I would be interested in hearing back from any of you that audition these. |
I have the Tribe Tower's little cousin, the Arro tower. One. single 4" driver with a tweeter. There is bass down to 40 Hz, I could not believe what I was hearing. The bass is because Totem has perfected the speaker cabinet with a hand made design and technology instead of stuffing the cabinet with filler that has a detrimental effect on the sound. Interlocking mitred joints with glue instead of screws. Borosilicate damping instead of stuffing the cabinets. Fibre board that is denser on the outside of the cabinet to help contain the bass. These speakers image like nothing I have heard. They put to shame my Kef Q750, which has 3 drivers and 2 passive radiators. Also, my other Totem speakers, the Rainmaker and Dreamcatcher, both have more bass than anything out there in with the same driver sizes. And they both image better, disappear and give one an emotional connection to the music. So I'm not surprised to hear that the Tribe Tower has lots of bass for its size, or sounds otherwise amazing. This is Totem's calling card. And the above commentary about crossovers having detrimental effects on "imaging and soundstage"? Obviously Mijo knows nothing about the Tribe Towers. The bass drivers connect directly to the amp, and roll off naturally to the tweeter's range. The tweeter has a very simple design that is wired point to point, rather than on a circuit board, so there is almost no crossover whatsoever. Every detail matters. Timing and phase, Totem pays attention to every detail. |
