All Articles Tagged Totem Acoustic

Julie Jacobson | 11/21 07:34 AM, 5 Comments

By now, A/V dealers are probably well versed in demonstrating audio to non-technical customers. But do you know how to sell to an audiophile? More than 3,000 audio lovers flooded the consumer event Rocky Mountain Audiofest (RMAF) in Denver last month. It was a different kind of sale: attendees (prospective clients) actually knew the difference between a woofer and a tweeter and wanted to know the specs of each. But it’s tough to tell who had more fun at Audiofest: the geeks who got to listen or the geeks who… View this story

CE Pro Editors | 08/03 07:23 AM, 10 Comments

When Vince Bruzzese founded Montreal-based Totem Acoustic nearly 25 years ago, he also established the criterion on which his company operates: offer affordable loudspeakers with state-of-the-art performance and industrial designs, using quality components and circuit designs to produce products that are compact but big-sounding. As the company made the transition into the custom market, Bruzzese has been able to stay true to that philosophy. He talked to CE Pro about his design approach. What are the key components of modern loudspeaker design? They must be compact, offer high performance, full… View this story

Robert Archer | 05/28 08:28 AM, 1 Comment

In the world of consumer electronics geography, areas like Boston, Southern California, and Japan have been longstanding hotbeds of manufacturing activity. A strong case could be made that Montreal should be added to that list. Recently CE Pro editor Jason Knott and I took a trip to the large eastern Canadian city to visit Audio Plus Services (APS), the U.S. distributor of brands like Focal, Cambridge Audio and Dream Vision, as well as the companies Totem Acoustic and D-Box Technologies. In addition, to the companies we visited, the region is… View this story