Totem Acoustic Arro Floorstander - Pair

Totem Acoustic Arro Floorstander - Pair

Straight to the heart

The Totem Arro shoots straight to the heart. The Arro’s strong frequency extension and broad-spectrum harmonics blend in a phase-perfect conjunction that transmits the true essence of music. With its ultra-slim design, the alluring and versatile Arro speaker is an aesthetic room friendly loudspeaker that allows endless placement possibilities.

Omni directional in character, the Arro defies the laws of physics with extreme bass extension and holographic sound imaging. If you like authentic-sounding performances that reach beyond the realm of space and time, experience the streamlined beauty of the Totem Arro.

Design features:

⦁             Ultra-slim design and aesthetic compactness

⦁             Specially modified proprietary drivers

⦁             Flexible installation close to back walls

⦁             Absolute surreal holographic imaging

⦁             Great bass extension and phase correctness

⦁             Fill mono shell and hand-assembled chassis

⦁             Interlocking mitre joints

⦁             Ultra expensive borosilicate damping

⦁             Ultra sophisticated crossover with integrated bi-wiring

⦁             Exclusive, hard wired crossover

⦁             Magnetic Grills

⦁             Delrin Claws

Customized Drivers - Bespoke Acoustic Engineering

Every single driver is completely unique to Totem and proprietary in design, engineered by Totem and then manufactured to the strictest standards to meet their parameters by the finest raw driver suppliers in the world. In some cases, where the technology is beyond the capabilities of suppliers or is wished to kept secret, Totem can and will build their own drivers. Every driver exhibits phase linearity, speed, emotion, off axis natural presentation, and spatial articulation

Handmade Crossovers – with Point to Point Connections

Totem crossovers don’t require many parts because of the synergy between their customized drivers, but the components are the world’s best. Totem's crossovers aren’t built on PCB’s because the laminated conductive tracks are weak and inconsistent.  Instead they are secured to a thin piece of fiberboard or insulated polymers and components are mechanically crimped together because it simply sounds better. When Totem must solder, they choose WBT Silver Solder, the purest in the industry.

Artisanal Cabinet Construction – Master Craftwork Construction.

Meticulously hand crafted for peak performance that lasts decades. Lock-Miter assembly is an intricate woodworking procedure where edges physically interlock together. The resulting cabinet is up to 5 times stronger than conventional V Groove cabinets. Internal and external veneering resists warping, structurally fortifies, and ensures consistent peak performance. Industry unique Borosilicate damping manages dissipation, keeps the cabinet musically alive, and never deteriorates.  Popular materials like poly fillers eventually decay, dramatically affecting the performance.  Variable Density Fiberboard is denser at the extremities than the interior to reduce repetitive nodes and resonances.

Connectors – Gold Plated Bi-Wire/ Bi-Amp

Two sets of high conductivity gold plated connectors efficiently capture the incoming signal for superior speaker performance and allow traditional, bi-wire, or even bi-amplification options. They accommodate a variety of connection options such as bare wire, banana plugs, and spades.

Sound Isolation – Plinth Stabilizer

The Plinth Stabilizer improves the steadiness of the remarkably slim cabinet.  Should the speaker sit on carpet, included spikes add further grip.

Setting Up:

The speakers require several hours of actual music playing time as a minimal break-in period. During this time, refrain from playing them at very loud levels. You will notice a definite gradual improvement in the cohesiveness of the music reproduction as this occurs.

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Mass Loading: All Totem columns work very well without any type of mass loading. However if stability is an issue or if there is a particular over emphasis in the bass in the room they are used in, then mass loading can be experimented with. Variables such as electronics, wiring and room dynamics play a definite role and therefore the option is there for your experimentation. One may use: clean dry sand,silica sand etc.

Toe-in: Due to the fact that all Totem speakers have great off-axis dispersion, toe-in is generally not needed. Imaging will therefore be more stable from any point in the room. If the speakers are placed very far apart (over 7 feet) then a slight toe-in may be experimented with. However if room geometry does not permit a straight-ahead aspect they will also perform very well with a slight toe-in.