Totem Forests vs Hawks...which is superior?

Hey Dave_b, good to see you're going back to Totems (does this mean you're getting a Krell 400ix again?), When I first bought my forests I had actually meant to buy the hawks. Okay, I'm making it sound like the dealer didn't notice which box I got. I auditioned the hawks a number of times and was dead set on them. Then I went in on the day of purchase and the dealer was busy so I started listening to the forests which were set up playing Sonny Rollin's: Way Out West on an MMF-7, which is my vinyl source (sadly it must go to make way for a VPI) and a sim i-5. Well, it was no comparison. Seriously, I think the forest expands on the beautiful presence and imaging of the hawk, not to mention the sound is much fuller. Mind you, I don't think the hawks sound bad, but the Forests are the keepers IMO.

I was able to hear the Arrow through to the Forest all in one sitting (and demo'd by Vince Bruzzese himself).

I much prefed the Forest to the Hawks in all respects.

Of course, I absolutely loved the Arros, and they were more appropriate for my small (12x12) room size, so I went with those.

My suggestion is to just demo them yourself.

Just got a pair of winds in cherry...nothin wrong with the best right!! I will upgrade amplification later, currently NAD C352.