Driving Totem Forrests with 40W Tubes???

Mimberman, thanks for your response. Your suggestion makes a lot of sense and will probably be the way I go. What would be a minimum amount of tube power to drive the Forrests?

That question I can't answer, because I'm not a tube guy. I'd email Totem and ask; they've always been helpful with my requests.

I agree with Mimberman. I heard the Forest's next to the arrows, and although the arrows are good the Totems have a much more full bodied sound.

Thanks for the responses. I've contacted Totem for their recommendations as well.

This may help a little - you did ask for feedback from any of us tube + Totem users...

I'm running my Hawks with a 100wpc Audio Research VS110 and the sound is amazingly effortless. At 86db/6ohms for the Hawk vs 87db/8ohms for the Forest, one would think they offer very similar loads to the amplifier.

Don't discount the Hawk, as they are an absolutely excellent speaker with great speed and finesse due to the smaller driver. I (now) run mine without a sub and get a huge amount of bass from them.