The Totem Acoustic "Beak" is an optional tuning pod for any loudspeaker.

From a distance it looks like a bullet casing.

If you look underneath the Totem Beak you will see that it is partly hollow, but only partly.

That isn't all, the upper two-thirds of its surface is ridged with a series of tiny lines.

Nothing has been left to chance, computer simulations were carried out to predict the results with a particular shape,ridges of a particular depth and spacing,and a inner cut-out of exactly that form.

The Beak was developed to control parasitic resonance's on top of the speaker cabinets, resonance's that interfere with the proper lobbing action of the tweeter.

The small chamber underneath the Totem Beak actually absorbs and traps the resonance's.

As for the lines and the carefully-sculpted form, they help the intergration of the stereo image, strengthening the holographic depth that are a hallmark of Totem speakers.

Try 2 Beaks on top of each loudspeaker to hear greater vocal projection and wider sound stage resulting in a far more musical presentation.

Sound hard to believe?

We thought so too but try some and you will be as surprised as we were.

Remember these can be used with ANY loudspeaker

Below is from an audiophiles:
For a long time I always thought what kinda toy is always displayed above almost all Totem speakers(except Wind that has angled top) and why I should pay for that extra or even consider to acquire these "toys" other than seing that it just looks cool??? When I came to the local dealer I "touched" them, picked them up and saw only some aluminium cone shaped semi-hollow figures that weigh approximately 20g each and was even more confused having been used to believe that they should've been heavy as hell made of lead or some other heavy metal.

After I brought these "toys" home and started to place them on top of each speaker I couldn't believe my ears how wide I could play with placement of these "toys" on its top varying the stage and radiation that is very close to the performance of the room equalizer!

After experimenting with my my Totem speakers I brought them to my friend who has Tannoy R1 on the main system and some Polk monitors(don't remember what model) on the bedroom system and started to experiment on both pairs of speakers with nearly the same results or even better(probably depends on room as well)!

The downsides of Beaks that they're built mainly for flat top boxed designes and certainly will slide or more precisely will have no use against angle top or angle-positioned speakers.

The positive side is that I can't imagine my speakers without beaks right now and it's realy fun to adjust! They can eliminate many room acoustic problems if used on relatively small and boxed speakers. A truly great engineering work thanks to Vincent!