Quote Originally Posted by basite
I bought a pair of Diamond 10.2's last week...

I was truly impressed with them when I heard them for the first time. My dealer constantly had to remind me that a pair retails for €300 only. They look pretty good for the price too. I'm going to use them in a home theatre system, but I wouldn't mind living with them at all for stereo music, when on a budget.

I was impressed with Totem speakers too, especially for their size, but then again, as RGA already said: other, larger speakers do outperform them. If I had a small room though, and a gf that didn't like speakers, and several other reasons why a person would go for a small speaker, I'd definitely consider them...

Keep them spinning,
Bert.
I don't want to be viewed as an anti-Totem guy. I actually don't mind them. It's just that every time I happen to audition them I also audition something else that is usually less money that sounds better to me. The Arro I had up against an Energy at about half the price that sounded better. I auditioned the Model One directly against the B&W CD 2SE years back which was 2/3 the price and sounded better. It also doesn't help that all three dealers that carried them dropped them. The sound is not poor it's just that when you look at the price and the sound - you have to simply accept that you're paying a premium for the looks and the size.

I also think people get too concerned with size. Once the Totem is on the stands and sitting in the room - is it "truly" taking up less space than a Maggie 1.7? i don't relaly think that it is. The speaker itself is gigantic in comparison but the actual space it takes up is not a whole lot bigger. And the 1.7 is easy to shove over and put up against the wall when not in use.