Aerial 7B's vs Totem Forest ?

The Forest is too rich for a small room. Plus you have a sub. I like the $1500 pair. I think it is the Staff? I know that the Hawk and Forest are not any better, they just play louder or fill a bigger room.

The 7b is a great speaker and with the Parasound would sound rich.

I am a dealer and while i don't sell either of these products I know them well and like them.

I haven't hlisten to aeriel 7b but I have had Hawks, sold them but presently own model one's
Forests,winds and Sharmans I have never listen to the Arro or Staff but I believe their are like the Hawks and I hated the sound of the Hawks. Three years later I find out from a dealer that the drivers in the model ones, Forests,winds and Sharmans are different then what is being used in the other models thus the reason for the different sound. If you can afford it try either the model ones or the forests and don't waste your money on the others
the forests are not to rich for the room I have a pair of Winds in a 8X10 room and the detail is awsome

The Forest should work fine in a medium sized room. Not sure how small you are talking about. Contrary to what was posted above, the Forest will NOT fill out a larger room. I tried a pair in a 26 X 16 room and they just didn't cut it. They sounded pretty good, but not enough for that room.

Shakey

out of curiosity have you considered a bookshelf system? You have a very good sub to fill in so how about some of the bookshelves that are small but punch big? I auditioned some Dyn C1's in a really big room once and they were really hitting above their size but still sounded great at sane volumes. just a thought.

I'm currently have a pair of 7Bs in my bedroom. Sounds great and the finish of the speakers has kept my wife from complaining. If I were going to downsize I'd go with the 5Bs or Dynaudio. I don't know how much downsizing from the 7Bs you're going to accomplish by going to the Forests or the Hawks.