100% Canadian-made Totem has always been based on the main spirit of high cost performance. In the crazy age of audio equipment rising faster than housing prices, Totem still insists on using the most reasonable price and the highest sound requirements. What kind of performance will the latest Dreamcatcher do?
"Capture" good dreams
Although bookshelf speakers cannot have full frequency bands like floorstanding speakers, most bookshelf speakers have their own sound characteristics, just like tasting a variety of different dishes The flavor is so interesting. Checked the Wiki, Dreamcatcher means " dream catcher ", which is a kind of handicraft in the culture of Ojibwa people in North America. The frame is made of willow trees and a loose web or spider web is woven in the middle. The Ojibwa people believe that a dream catcher can "capture" good dreams and stop nightmares. It seems that listening to this pair of Dreamcatchers will give people the satisfaction of "catching" a good sound. Totem president and designer Mr. Vince Bruzzese held the Dreamcatcher, which was just released in 2000, and the new version has now fully evolved.
Totem was established in 1987, almost 30 years ago, and the outer box is marked with the milestone of the 25th anniversary.
This instruction card is the same as the previous Totem speakers. It says that the warranty and instructions can be logged in and downloaded online, which is very environmentally friendly.
This time I listened to the white version (Satin Finishes, satin white), which surprised me a bit, and it was punctual. There are also three wood appearances: Black Ash (black gray), Mahogany (mahogany), Cherry (cherry wood) colors are available.
Totem's monomers and crossovers are very material, and the cabinets are all assembled by hand.Dreamcatcher is equipped with a 1" titanium diaphragm tweeter, which is a customized product from Totem to German Acoustik. The tweeter has a protective frame outside to avoid bumps. bass is a Danish Scan-Speak 4" special long stroke, low distortion It has a single sandwich structure and is equipped with a large magnet.
speaker terminal input adopts Bi-wiring design, playing and tuning is more flexible, using high-quality gold-plated terminals, if you use banana plug speaker cable , you can put the black and red dust plugs in the middle of the speaker terminal Take it down.
Small in size and elegant in appearance, it is suitable to be placed in a desk or living space.
Totem's price is very approachable, but the materials used are genuine, so the inside of the speaker is specially shown to everyone. This is a Totem-specific monomer with an impedance of 4 ohms.
This angle can clearly see the powerful magnet of the woofer.
Dreamcatcher hand-made crossover, using a large-diameter hollow coil, a first-order crossover circuit, and the crossover point is 2.5kHz.
Small size, big sound field
Play Jiang Hui's album "Taiwan Red Songs", the first song "Goodbye! Beloved by no means", the opening harmony is pulled out In view of the scale of the sound field, the harmony of each part is located behind the speaker, with different depths and preciseness, and the integration of different parts is very harmonious. I am quite satisfied with the depth of the sound field, and the audio and video are quite clear. What's even better is that this pair of Dreamcatchers performed Jiang Hui's singing perfectly, with a clear and clean place, and rich details in the emotional conveyance.The sound of Dreamcatcher is like listening to Totem speakers in the past, with a neutral tone and clean resolution. In the second song "Empty Laughing Dream", in the opening "Hate the World, Love", the first three characters sang a high-pitched cry, and the last three characters sang the helplessness of life. One release and one collection, combining talent and emotion. This is where Jiang Hui is most powerful, and it is also the time when Dreamcatcher sings these musical connotations without omission to show his strength.
clean and clear guitar
Play Eric Clapton's "unplugged", the fourth song "Tears In Heaven", in blues guitar god Eric Clapton sinks into the pain of losing his son It was this "Tears In Heaven" that liberated him from drugs, which described his vision of meeting his beloved son in heaven in the future, and encouraged himself to continue to be strong. Dreamcatcher gave a clean and clear guitar performance, Eric Clapton watched the singing of life, and showed the contradiction that Eric had to continue to live strong but his heart was dead.
The sound details are rich and slightly shiny
Play "Vivaldi: The Four Seasons-Salvatore Accardo", Dreamcatcher interprets the details and dynamics of the violin sound quite well, and the sound details are rich and slightly shiny. In the tracks, different characteristics are shown, showing that Dreamcatcher has a very good grasp of speed, and the speed is appropriate. Moreover, the scene during the performance can be much larger than the Totem Dreamcatcher. There is absolutely no need to worry about placing it on the wide side of the space. Dreamcatcher can satisfy the continuity of the sound and the accuracy of the audio and video.
Feel the atmosphere of the music, and react quickly
Challenge "Tutti orchestral sampler",Before playing the familiar "Dance Of The Tumblers", I was in the mood to give it a try, but after playing it, I was quite surprised by the Totem Dreamcatcher. The speakers of this size can still have such a level in our audition room. Pretty good. Of course, Dreamcatcher does not win by measuring energy or great dynamics, but it has a very good performance in the scale of the sound field, speed, resolution and air throughput of the music. The penetrating power of the brass blowing is also sufficient, although the drum is not hit. As for Pang Ran, it also makes people feel the atmosphere of the music, and the speed is very fast, and there is no sense of rigidity at all. If the Dreamcatcher is placed closer to the wall in a more suitable space, I am afraid it will be able to have quite an amazing performance.
is a small and big, real value spirit of Totem
Dreamcatcher under strict test space and standards, it is not weak because of its small size, and it makes me show it brightly. Feeling the unexpected surprise, Mr. Vince Bruzzese really dared to make heavy plans, and did not compromise on the sound due to the price. No wonder Totem's speakers have a sense of value for the characters. Three pairs of Totem bookshelves have been continuously evaluated. The strength of the speakers is quite strong. The white Dreamcatcher is fashionable and small in size. It is very suitable for use as a small space system. It is beautiful and sound!
Totem Dreamcatcher bookshelf speaker
Frequency response: 57 Hz – 25 kHz ± 3 dB (in room) Average impedance: 4 ohms Efficiency: 87.5 dB/W/m. Maximum sound pressure SPL: 101 dB recommended amplifier power: 20-80 W crossover point: 2.5 kHz, 1st order compensated terminal: 4-way bi-wireable woofer: 4″ special long stroke,Non-resonance sandwich structure cone and dust cover, large magnet tweeter: 1" titanium diaphragm hemisphere type
Dimensions (wxhxd): 13 x 28.7 x 18.3 cm
Foreign reference price: 395
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