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Well, being the most fickle person on Earth, the LS50s are going back. They just didn't make my feet tap like the Totem's did and to me weren't as enjoyable to listen to. I now have the Totem Sky Towers in my living room. They just go places and do things that the Metas couldn't do without a sub and I don't want a subwoofer. By the time I'd factored in a REL or two, I'd be at the same price, or more, as the Totem's and it'd look ugly.
They're very diminutive for a floor stander and my wife preferred the way they looked to the Metas and so did I.
I don't wanna say they're in another league or anything - the LS50s were good - but I can see why the Totems retail for $1000 more than the LS50s (I didn't pay that much more as they were ex-demo, nor did I need to buy better stands than the ones I already had!). They are really very, very good indeed. Huge, expansive sound stage, the most natural timbre I've ever heard from a set of speakers and vocal delivery that sounds way more lifelike than anything I've heard before.