![]() Fit and finish is as pleasing as you’d hope for at this level, though the Tribe Tower’s relatively low weight is something of a surprise in a market full of hefty speakers. Overall build is good and the cabinet feels reassuringly rigid. The standard finish choices, also white or black but with a satin finish, look neat though. ![]() But they are functional, and should you choose one of the premium high gloss finishes – white or black at an extra £1000 – the terminal panel gets changed for something much classier. The bi-wire speaker terminals on our review samples wouldn’t look out of place on speakers one-tenth of the price. ![]() Its non-parallel sides reduce the build-up of internal standing waves, and the panels are damped by the use of Borosilicate – something unique to Totem, to the best of our knowledge. That small, angled cabinet isn’t ordinary either. The crossover for this high frequency unit is a simple first order design, reducing the degrading impact of a more complex solution. The larger than normal diameter has presumably been chosen to help integration with those two Torrent mid/bass units and that heavily dished metal faceplate helps to control dispersion. This purist approach to speaker design is carried over to the unusually large 33mm ‘laser etched’ textile soft dome tweeter. ![]()
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