Aerial 7B's vs Totem Forest ?

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.

Hello,
I haven't heard the Aerial's but I have heard the Totem Forests a few times at CSA Audio in Upper Montclair, NJ in the last few years. They have deep, strong bass response and impact in part to their 8" woofers and cabinet loading, etc. They could very easily overload a medium sized room especially if used with a sub even as good as the JL Audio ones. Overall though, they are beautiful sounding and very engaging and open.