Totem Sttaf

Attention to detail justifies this pricey compact two-way floorstander

Clean and simple are the watchwords for this very pretty and unusually compact two-way floorstander, says Paul Messenger

I've heard all the speakers in the Totem line, many times, and even owned a few of them, and the ones that I haven't owned, I've had on loan from my dealer. So let's just say I know Totem pretty well.

Purchased the Sttaf at BBR on Boxing Day for $1295 (msrp $1895 Canadian). I was happy with the price and I'm happy with their performance. Fantastic sound. I will be looking to hook these up to a new amp in the next year or so but for now I'm using a...

I heard these at the same time I heard the Totem Arros, basically Totem and the designer Vince us a standard 2-way design on most of all their speakers. Let me first say this, IT WORKS! The nice thing about the 2-way design is that you don't have to...

Heard the speakers hooked up to an Arcam FMJ A38 amp using an Arcam SACD player, listened all kinds of music from BonJovi to Phil Collins, sounded absolutely fantastic. Finally played some accoustic guitar from an actual SACD.

Have paired these Totem Staff with Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated Amplifier. Main source of Music is an IPod played thru the Wadia 170i I Pod Doc and utilizing the Music Hall DAC 25.2

Upgraded to these speakers from the Totem Arros, however after 8 months use, I cannot say these speakers are superior to Arros, just different. Another example of how bigger is not better.

I upgraded my audio gear from NAD to Van Medevoort, a high end dutch audio equipment manufacturer. So, the next step was to look for a new pair of speakers. I had Dali serie Blue "Live" for more than 5 years.