Pass Lab XA30.5 with Totems

They do need very high current and also a lot of high quality wattage, you want the amp to be the conductor of the push pull twin woofers............

I've driven my Mani-2s using a tube amp set in Triode mode (~30 w/c) and they sounded wonderful. I didn't drive them hard with rock music, but the Jazz/classical/acoustic music I was playing was fantastic.

I think this amp is very "conservatively" rated. I still think you would want a bit more power for the Mani-2, but that doen't mean it wouldn't work fine under most listening conditions. I would as the folks at Pass, they should give you straight answer.

There are some past threads on the Mani-2's here that maybe you should look up. Mani-2's do like a lot of SS power IMO, like 200 wpc, I use a C-J 2500A.

Sometimes it pays to focus either on the speaker, or the amp, pick the one you want to base your system around, & go from there.....

There are many recent inquiries about the suitability of the Pass Labs XA-30.5 and XA-60.5 amplifiers for use on speakers that most agree require more power than these amps provide.

It seems like "hope against hope" that somehow the actual power delivered by these amps is going to exceed the manufacturer's power rating, thus allowing people to afford a lower powered Pass Labs amp than they actually require.

Owners of these speakers may find that if they listen at low to moderate levels in small rooms that these amps will provide sufficient power, however in many cases the amps won't be sufficient for realistic (translate to "live") listening levels in medium to large rooms.