Bbchem, The forests are a great speaker, they do some things very well, like vocals. A good friend of mind owns the Hawks, however he lives 500 miles from me so we have not been able yet, to get them in the same room. I have heard his in his home a couple of times and I think the hawks have some magic going on that the forests just can't capture, but the forests are more dynamic. He uses Rogue tubes, I use Classe solid state and we both use Joule tube pre's, the tubes may be the magic. I will be taking the forests to his house soon, then we will know how they truly compare.
Thanks for asking,
Jim
Thanks for asking,
Jim