Totem

Bison Tower Floorstanding Speakers

£3,295

Bison Tower is one of two floorstanders in Totem Acoustic’s new Bison Series of loudspeakers, so named to epitomise strength, stability and consistency and reflect Totem Acoustic’s 35 year tenure as a global loudspeaker manufacturer.

The Bison Towers are two-way, ported floorstanders that are easier to drive than Totem Sky Towers and a step up in performance from another favourite of ours, Totem Hawk.

In-store purchase only, please call 0141 221 0221 or email glasgow@loud-clear.co.uk to reserve/enquire.

Bison Tower
Expect the Unexpected
The made-in-Canada Bison Tower is an easy listening, musically captivating speaker that creates a stunning listening environment, filled with spatial cues, extended harmonics and a full-scale portrayal of instruments and vocals. Its non-directional sound will surprise you with its dynamics while transforming the poetic flow of music into a new listening experience that is fresh, sparkling and revitalizing.

The Bison Tower is a full-range floorstanding speaker that is modestly sized, impeccably proportioned, not finicky to placement within a room and easy to match with any decor. Its modest nature is contradicted by its stunning sonic abilities and aesthetic poise. The Bison Tower is a powerful, yet graceful speaker with unique advantages that are certain to satisfy the most discerning music lovers.

Experience Totem’s never-ending quest for an affordable soul mover of the highest caliber. Regardless of what other audio components you pair this speaker with – whether it’s the KIN AMP, an exotic tube amplifier or a cutting-edge Totem surround system – it will reward you with a superior listening enjoyment.

Customised Drivers
Every single driver is completely unique to Totem and proprietary in design, engineered by Totem and then manufactured to the strictest standards to meet our 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 be kept secret, Totem can and will build our own drivers. Every driver exhibits phase linearity, speed, emotion, off axis natural presentation, and spatial articulation.

Handmade Crossovers
Totem crossovers don’t require many parts because of the synergy between our customized drivers, but the components are the world’s best. Our 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 fibreboard or insulated polymers and components are mechanically crimped together because it simply sounds better. When we must solder, we choose WBT Silver Solder, the purest in the industry.

Artisanal Cabinet 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 Fibreboard is denser at the extremities than the interior to reduce repetitive nodes and resonances.

Connectors
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.

Design Highlights

  • Custom engineered 5.25 inch drivers
  • Custom engineered 1.3 inch tweeters
  • Handmade crossovers
  • Artisanal cabinet construction
  • Exclusive decoupling Claw feet
  • Available in White Oak, Satin White and Satin Black
  • Magnetic Grilles
  • Custom engineered 5.25 inch drivers

Specifications

Design: Ported 2-Way Tower Speaker
Tweeter: 1.3 in /33 mm Laser Etched Textile Soft Dome
Woofer: 5.25 in / 133.35mm Copper Clad Voice Coil
Impedance: 8 OHm
Sensitivity: 88 db
Frequency Response: 30 Hz to 30 kHz ± 3 dB
Recommended Power: 30-150W
Crossover Frequency: 2.5 kHz (first order)
Speaker Terminals: 4 way Bi-Wire-able
Break in Time: 70-100 hours
Placement (from rear wall): 8in – 3ft/ 203.2 – 914.4mm
Placement (in between): 3ft – 10ft / 914.4 – 3048mm
Dimensions
Width: 175mm / 6.890in
Height: 850mm / 33.465in and 864mm/34.016 in (with Claws installed)
Depth: 232mm / 9.134in and 242mm / 9.528in (with Grill Installed)