Kex

Well I agree if I'm Totem and I get the kind of sales I get at Soundhounds I can;t stay in business - so A&B Sound (alla Future shop without the appliances and computers) comes along - you instantly get into a place where there is high volume people and a tenfold increase in stores.

My reason for suggesting Totem could suffer - and they may not is that one out of the high end stores they will be perceived less so as high end speakers. IMO they really are not a high end speaker though - they cost more and they are beautifully finished but the Model One is grossly overrated and always has been - it's great for the size - but what does that really say?

Take the Arro - was $1500.00Cdn now it's $1100.00 - every Totem they sell has dropped like a stone in price - people who go to these kinds of stores are not going to pay the premium - so A&B sound puts a demand on Totem and the prices drop - Totem now loses money - so maybe they skimp.

After hearing their $4000.00 Hawk - I'm amazed anyone could possibly justify that as a good speaker to buy at that price - I must say the frequency response specs look quite impressive on paper but the sound at $4k

Then again it' obviously more than JUST sound quality - look at B&O - if Totem is viewed as being sexy people will pay for it - very few "look" as nice as Totem - and unlike B&O Totem makes very good sounding speakers - but I feel you pay about double for the looks