The response curve of the Totem Rainmaker bears a passing resemblance to the Harmon Curve for headphones: is that telling us anything?
Vince used to brag about how he tuned everything by ear.so you're saying the Token Rainmaker does not in fact, 'make it rain'
i would guess this is more a slice into what a company did 20yrs ago with access to specific tools to make this one conform to expected standards
but rather it was tuned 'by ear' by the manufacturer
All totem speakers do this, including current models like the Signature One. I think it's an aesthetic decision.These things are nice looking, but the first clue that the designer was clueless is that sharply terminated port. I haven't seen that since the early 2000s, and then only on white van speakers.
Mother Nature thinks their aesthetic is stupid if they expect that port to work well. Just saying.All totem speakers do this, including current models like the Signature One. I think it's an aesthetic decision.
And it's only $1,000The FR looks like my EKG.
Yes, yes I did...but my statement is still accurate. Just now I have seen what's likely the absolute worst. LOLYou missed this one for sure
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Really cry when you think about how much you paid for mediocre little speakers.Is it called the Rainmaker because it makes you cry when you hear it?
Went to several audio shows, and they are definitely very "eye-catching".Website and show booths are covered with pictures of models which I am sure helps with the male dominated industry they target.
They are way to expensive. I'm pretty sure I've heard these when I was looking for speakers in the early 2000s. They couldn't compare to far cheaper Paradigm and Monitor Audio speakers I heard back then. I'm pretty sure measurements would confirm that.Not sure what to think of this. They are of course their cheap stuff, and from a while back, but wonder how it translate to their actual expensive speakers. I'll have to admit, their pricy stuff like Wind or even forest did impress me greatly at trade shows, an i mean truly greatly impressed, like night and day better to my ears to similarly priced offering from Focal or from Kef and others. I am now wondering if that show room trick of bringing highs up to enhance details did work on me and I would have got bored fast or if they are really- as flawed as this suggest.
As with anything, it depends on what you value. If you want closest-to-flat-as-possible, these are not good value. But they're exceptionally well-constructed and finished (IMO best looking speaker in its price class by a wide margin at the time I was selling them) and lots of folks like the pumped up midbass and treble with the scooped midrange.They are way to expensive. I'm pretty sure I've heard these when I was looking for speakers in the early 2000s. They couldn't compare to far cheaper Paradigm and Monitor Audio speakers I heard back then. I'm pretty sure measurements would confirm that.
I've owned the Forests for close to 15 years now and they're a really excellent speaker. In all the tests I've seen (and in many years of listening to them compared to the Rainmaker) they're much less-coloured/more neutral.Not sure what to think of this. They are of course their cheap stuff, and from a while back, but wonder how it translate to their actual expensive speakers. I'll have to admit, their pricy stuff like Wind or even forest did impress me greatly at trade shows, an i mean truly greatly impressed, like night and day better to my ears to similarly priced offering from Focal or from Kef and others. I am now wondering if that show room trick of bringing highs up to enhance details did work on me and I would have got bored fast or if they are really- as flawed as this suggest.
Which one from paradigm and monitor audio? I mean, you base a judgment on being "pretty sure" you heard them 20+ years ago, and you are "pretty sure" measurments would confirm? please.... I do own a monitor audio silver subwoofer in my setup and it does it's job. It's a good sub, not a great sub but I cross over very low, just looking for that 6o Hz down oumph, The two models I refer, I am sure, not "pretty sure" I have heard them, and I am sure the wind did not exist in the early 2000, the forest may have. And I am definitely sure they are way more hi fidelity than what Paradigm have always been doing, very generic low cost with the cheapest drivers they could find to get a semi flat response with a software generated low cost component crossover.They are way to expensive. I'm pretty sure I've heard these when I was looking for speakers in the early 2000s. They couldn't compare to far cheaper Paradigm and Monitor Audio speakers I heard back then. I'm pretty sure measurements would confirm that.