Bison Monitor
Defying All Expectations
The made-in-Canada Bison Monitor redefines the luxury bookshelf speaker category by defying the visual expectations associated with such a small-volume enclosure. Purposefully designed to engage the broadest music lover audience to date, the Monitor Bison marries the signature Totem characteristics of enormous imaging, phase coherence, and remarkable bass response with broad amplifier compatibility and prodigious power handling.
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.
• Custom engineered 5.25 inch drivers
• Custom engineered 1.3 inch tweeters
• Handmade crossovers
• Artisanal cabinet construction
• Available in White Oak, Satin White and Black Ash
• Magnetic Grilles
| Design: | Ported 2-Way Monitor Speaker |
| Tweeter: | 1.3 in /33 mm Laser Etched Textile Soft Dome |
| Woofer: | 5.25 in / 133.35 mm Long throw (3 inch Voice Coil) |
| Impedance: | 8 Ohm |
| Sensitivity: | 87 db |
| Frequency Response: | 40 Hz to 29.5 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): | 6in - 3ft/ 152 - 914.4mm |
| Placement (in between): | 3ft – 10ft / 914.4 – 3048mm |
| Dimensions | |
| Width: | 171mm / 6.732in |
| Height: | 333mm / 13.110in |
| Depth: | 243mm / 9.567in and 253mm / 9.961in (with Grill Installed) |
Made to Fit Your Lifestyle
Music Enthusiasts
Enjoying high-quality music from your favourite music streaming services is now easier than ever with the KIN Play powered Bluetooth speakers. Bluetooth aptX HD allows you to stream music in high resolution CD quality so that you don’t miss any musical details. Whether it’s a solo session or a packed party, KIN Play will fill your room with immersive sound that’s guaranteed to satisfy everyone’s listening tastes. Just connect your phone, tablet or laptop via Bluetooth and you’re ready to go.
Gamers
KIN Play powered speakers will greatly enhance your experience whether you prefer to play games on the latest generation gaming console or your PC. Immerse yourself in surreal, fantasy worlds while living vicariously through the eyes of your beloved gaming character. Unleash the full energy, room-filling sound of your video games, instead of listening through the tiny speakers on your TV or traditional computer speakers.
Record Lovers
Designed with vinyl lovers in mind, the KIN Play is a powered speaker with a turntable input. The high-quality built-in phono stage will allow you to connect any turntable with a moving magnet cartridge directly to the speakers, without the need for a separate component. So enjoy all the nuances of music that only a record can deliver by spinning your favourite classic or modern LPs.
Desktop Users
If you’re looking to elevate the sonic experience from your desktop PC or laptop, look no further than the KIN Play powered speakers. These speakers will provide you with crystal clear, detailed music when streaming your favourite tunes, while you work or play on your computer. They will also greatly enhance your on-screen entertainment – whether you’re watching YouTube, streaming a TV show or a movie. Raise your computer experience to a whole new level with the KIN Play Bluetooth powered speakers.
Bison Monitor Details
Customized 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 fiberboard 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 Fiberboard 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.
