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In Reply to: Any Totem Arro owners? I've got a question. posted by 9fold on September 17, 2001 at 19:03:17:
Thanks for your replies. It is true that the Arros have a small woofer, so loud, low bass could push them past their limits. I called the dealer I bought them from, and the salesman said that it could also be a function of the recording. He is a recording engineer as well as an audio salesman, and he said certain recordings employ a low-frequency cut-off, while others do not. He said something to that effect. He put it more eloquently than I did. Anyway, he said that the James Taylor recording may not have had such a cut-off applied, so very low frequencies that the Arros cannot handle could be coming through (Totem rates the Arros down to 40 Hz).One suggestion the salesman made is that I turn the "Soft Clipping" feature on my NAD C 370 amp off. He said that may help matters. He also suggested I buy a frequency sweep test disc to make sure there is nothing wrong with the speaker. For now, I am going to go to the store and listen to the Taylor disc on their current demo pair of Arros to determine if they behave as mine do. One thing I am thinking is that maybe I should upgrade to the Sttafs. They retail for $1500, while the Arros retail for $1100. The difference in price isn't huge. I bought a demo pair of Arros for $895, so maybe I could get a demo pair of Sttafs for a $300-400 more. This, of course, hinges on determining that what I am hearing from my Arros is inherent to the design such that the dealer would take them back in an exchange.
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- Thanks all. - 9fold 10:30:22 09/18/01 (0)
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