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In Reply to: RE: Totem Sky, Part 7 posted by fantja on March 6, 2021 at 20:58:47:
After college, Millennials more and more had jobs, which couldn't pay for rent. So they gathered a bunch, and split the rent. Or, they moved back home with their parents. Either way, with a growing population, more people crammed into the same or smaller homes. Thus, the market for small and cool-running audio grew. The Totem Sky fits into this market.
As I was about to graduate in 1993, Donald Fagen came out with Kamakiriad , which was about going around in a car. Indeed, my friends, then in our late-teens and early-20s, explored California by car, almost always a small economy model. The unpretentious Totem Sky is still a small car, but with modern-day features.
Assuming decent matches with associated gear, the Sky is peppy, gripping, and a whole lot of enthusiasm and passion. It's not just the destination, but the journey. It's like being with three of your female friends, joyfully singing in the car, with no shame, self-consciousness, or worries.
You remember that, with those cars' bigger windows (versus today's equivalents), the daytime sun beat down on your thighs. Yet at night, perhaps because the car was not well-insulated, it got cold. You had to be careful, going uphill. You'd yell, "C'mon, woman, speed up," but she was flooring it. That little car just didn't have the guts, to go quickly up, for example, the Grapevine. Also at night, the windshield would fog up and become greasy. So the driver had her front passenger constantly wiping the windshield.
The rare times it rained, the driver, already with the seat pretty far forward (so she could reach the pedals), leaned forward, to peer through the wipers. Moreover, those small cars could not cut their way through puddles.
With the Sky, you recall the longer trips. You could stop every couple of hours, get gas, switch drivers. With the sunny and hot weather, eating a burger or tacos was an affordable thrill. Then you'd lay out the paper maps, and re-confirm where you were going.
The Sky makes you recall bringing old, worn, ill-fitting clothes [above, we stopped at San Luis Obispo]. You'd wear them once, and then discard them, thus freeing up space for you to buy stuff while on the trip.
Fagen's "Snowbound" is about the outside snow making everyone want to stay indoors. This photo falsely makes my friend appear to be walking in snow. In reality, she was standing at the edge of an outdoor hot tub. Her towel was a bit wet, so when she stood up, she covered up with her boyfriend's leather jacket. But anyway, with the Sky, "Snowbound" succeeds, and listeners really do feel like staying in, and having sex.
My friends who previously had this pair of Totem Sky weren't kidding. The Sky does not sound like an "audiophile" speaker. But neither is it a junior version of Totem's own The One and Forest. More to come.
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