Totem Mite-T-Center Centre Channel — Black Ash | Canada
$395.00
Two 5.5-inch long-throw woofers flanking a 1-inch soft dome tweeter in a lock-mitred cabinet, 46 Hz to 20 kHz at 88 dB sensitivity. Totem supplies it with no grille by design, and the 4-way posts take bi-wiring. Black ash real wood veneer, built in Canada. Very good condition.
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Totem Mite-T-Center Centre Channel — Black Ash | Canada
Made in Canada, the Totem Acoustic Mite-T-Center is a properly high-end Canadian-built centre channel — small in stature, but engineered to the same exacting standards as Totem’s renowned Mite bookshelf monitors and Sttaf slim floorstanders, and offered here in very good condition in the clean, furniture-friendly black ash finish.
Totem Acoustic, founded by Vince Bruzzese in Montreal in 1987, has built its reputation on punching dramatically above weight — extracting full-range, three-dimensional sound from compact, beautifully finished cabinets. The Mite-T-Center is the dedicated horizontal centre channel built to timbre-match both the Mite bookshelf monitors and the Sttaf slim floorstanders, and shares their key engineering signatures: a hand-crafted, lock-mitred cabinet, borosilicate internal damping, real wood veneer finish, and Totem’s preference for high-quality, conservatively rated drivers in well-tuned smaller enclosures.
A note on naming: Totem’s official spelling for this model is “Mite-T-Center,” but it is widely referred to in the secondhand market and online forums as the Mite-T Center, Mite T Center, Mite-T C, Mite-T-C, Mite-T Centre, Mite TC, and Mite T-C. All of these refer to the same Totem centre channel — the model documented on Totem’s official Mite-T-Center specification sheet.
Driver complement is a true MTM (midwoofer-tweeter-midwoofer) configuration, with two long-throw 5.5-inch woofers flanking a 1-inch soft dome tweeter. Crossover and cabinet voicing are tuned for clear, intelligible dialogue at all listening levels, seamless tonal blending with Mite or Sttaf mains across the front stage, and the kind of rich midrange weight that gives film soundtracks and concert recordings real presence. The bass is rated to 46 Hz (±3 dB) — genuinely impressive for a centre this compact — and the 88 dB sensitivity makes it an easy match for AV receivers and integrated amplifiers from 20 watts upward.
The Mite-T-Center is intentionally supplied without a grille — Totem’s design philosophy is that a properly engineered baffle should not be acoustically compromised by one, and the result is a clean, modernist appearance that shows off the woven cone woofers and soft dome tweeter beautifully against the black ash finish. The cabinet is bi-wireable via 4-way binding posts, allowing experimentation with bi-wiring or bi-amping for owners who wish to.
Official model: Totem Acoustic Mite-T-Center (also known as Mite-T Center, Mite T Center, Mite-T C, Mite-T-C, Mite-T Centre, Mite TC, Mite T-C)
Design: 2-way MTM centre channel, lock-mitred cabinet, borosilicate damping
Drivers: 2 × 5.5 in. (140 mm) long-throw woofer; 1 × 1 in. (25 mm) soft dome tweeter
Frequency response: 46 Hz – 20 kHz (±3 dB)
Sensitivity: 88 dB / W / m
Nominal impedance: 4 ohms
Recommended amplifier power: 20–100 W
Maximum SPL: 105 dB before dynamic compression
Speaker terminals: 4-way bi-wireable binding posts
Internal volume: 11.2 L
Finish: Black ash real wood veneer
Grille: None (by design)
Country of manufacture: Canada
Dimensions: (Width x Height x Depth) 20.6 x 6.1 x 8.4 inches (523 x 155 x 213 mm)
Weight: 17 lbs (8 kg)
A genuine high-end Canadian-built centre channel from one of the most respected names in audiophile loudspeakers — properly engineered, beautifully finished in black ash, and an outstanding partner for Totem Mite bookshelves or Sttaf floorstanders, or as a standalone upgrade for any quality 5.1 or 5.2 system.
Backed by Radique Audio’s 90-day warranty and our perpetual trade-back policy, you can purchase with confidence.
| Weight | 19 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 12.4 × 24.6 × 10.1 in |
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