Totem Forest

Enter the realm of beauty with the Totem Forest. Built for power and articulation of sound, the Forest is at home with all types of music. Whether in stereo, multi-channel audio, or a high-quality A/V application, the Forest creates a synergy between spatial imaging and dynamic power that goes beyond the usual.

Founded in 1987, Totem Acoustic has a rich history in producing handcrafted loudspeakers in Montreal, Quebec. Today, after more than 35 years of activity, Totem Acoustic remains faithful to its initial principles: to offer a remarkably captivating listening experience and to evoke a deep emotional experience. Each Totem Acoustic speaker is designed to deliver what the artist intended, whether listening to music, watching a movie or playing video games. We make our speakers driven by our passion for true music connoisseurs in over 40 countries around the world.

Features

The Forest offers contrasts in pulse, speed and dynamics that add up to a surprise and tingle factor, bringing freshness to your listening experience. With its innovative design, its incredible sound extension and its overall coherence, the Totem Forest allows you to discover beautiful harmonics that open up to infinite worlds of spatial sound.

Building DIY Cabinets

Meticulously handcrafted for optimal performance that lasts for decades. Lock-Miter assembly is a complex woodworking procedure where edges physically fit together. The resulting speaker is up to 5 times stronger than traditional V Groove speakers. Internal and external plating resists warping, structurally reinforces and ensures consistent optimal performance. Industry-unique borosilicate damping manages dissipation, keeps the speaker musically alive and never deteriorates. Popular materials like poly fillers eventually break down, significantly affecting performance. Variable density fiberboard is denser on the ends than on the inside to reduce repetitive knots and resonances.

Handmade crossovers

Totem crossovers don't require a lot of parts due to the synergy between our custom drivers, but the components are the best in the world. Our crossovers are not built on PCBs because the laminated conductor traces are weak and inconsistent. Instead, they are attached to a thin piece of fiberboard or insulated polymers and the components are mechanically crimped together because it simply sounds better. When we need to solder, we choose WBT silver solder, the purest in the industry.

The pluses

Design

• Elegant design and aesthetic compactness
• Specially modified exclusive drivers
• Recessed Drivers
• Aerodynamic rounded front baffle and angled rear baffle
• Extensive bracing and radically angled interior floor
• Available in exotic veneer or multi-color polyester design
• Lockable tab unibody chassis
• Ultra-expansive borosilicate cushioning
• Exclusive cable crossover
• Silver OFC wiring
• Claw: for advanced decoupling from the ground
• Bi-wire gold plated WBT terminals
• Magnetic grids

Specifications

• Frequency response: 30 Hz – 20 kHz ± 3 dB (in room).
  
• Recommended power: 50-200w
• woofer: Voice coil 6.5″ / 16.51 cm 3″ / 7.62 cm
  
• tweeter: 1″ / 2.54 cm aluminum dome, chambered
  
• Impedance: 8 ohms (6.4 minimum)
• Sensitivity:87dB
  
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 7.7" x 34.3" x 10.6" / 19.558 x 87.122 x 26.924 cm
  
• Placement from rear wall: 1′ – 6′ / 30.48 – 182.88 cm
  
• Placement distance: 4′ – 12′ / 121.92 – 365.76 cm
  
• Break-in time: 100 and 150 hours
  
• Cutoff frequency: 2.5 kHz compensated, 2nd order
  
• Speaker Terminals:Bi-wireable gold WBT connectors
  
• Weight45.2lb / 20.53kg
  
• 5 year warranty