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  Totem's "Hawk" and "Forrest":How Hi-End Are They?
I recently saw a small piece of a review on the The Absolute Sound website about the Totem "Hawk" I would like some input on this model and the larger model the "Forest" How "hi-end" are these speakers??? Do they provide very good bass response and soundstaging?? or they just average across the board?? Does the smaller "Hawk" speaker which is only 34 inches tall need to be placed on a stand??
Sunnyjim  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

02-19-03
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02-19-03   Hi, jim, i don't personally like the term "high end,&q ...   Chams_uk

02-19-03   The totem's that i own are anything but brash and glaring in ...   Rbstehno

02-19-03   Forest is much stronger and better on higher volumes(110db c ...   Marakanetz

02-19-03   The hawks have superb soundstaging/imaging.   Danlevy

02-19-03   My 2 cents: i listened to the hawks with arc and cj and was ...   Aball

02-19-03   One more thing that is realy in common to all smaller totem ...   Marakanetz

02-19-03   I was browsing in a hifi store some years ago, listening to ...   Paulwp

02-19-03   I had the ones for some time and enjoyed them immensely. i n ...   Blkadr

02-19-03   I would consider the hawks "high end" if by that y ...   Ultrakaz

02-19-03   I had a pair of forests for a while. i thought they imaged w ...   Jconder

02-19-03   I want to thank all the members who contributed to answering ...   Sunnyjim

02-19-03   Jim, i owned a pair of rokk's for a while, damned nice moni ...   Jeffloistarca

02-20-03: Santo
I've had a pair of Forests for aprox. three years. Had originally broken them in with a B & K AVR202 reciever and was very pleased with the results. Found that their reputation for producing exceptional bass response was well deserved, only once I added a pair of Odyssey monobloc amps. This change yeilded a huge increase in bass response, and woofer control. These speakers will most definately reward you for any upgrades made elsewhere in the system, which I feel makes them high-end. Overall, I've found them to image very well, and be extremely dynamic when driven well. Since we'd moved about 6 mths. ago, I've set the system up in a much larger finished basement. Am now approaching the woofers limits as far as their ability to move an adequate amount of air. Went to Rogue Magnum monoblocs on top of Odyssey Extreme monos on the woofers(how's that for well-fed!) recently and these speakers are awesomely resolving and dynamic. First-rate cabinetry makes these a speaker you can live with easily. My wife has never expressed a problem with them because they look so good and are not huge, physically. I may need to go to a larger, multi-driver design, soon though.
Santo  (Answers | This Thread)


02-21-03   I spoke with a totem dealer recently about these two models. ...   One_speed

02-21-03   I just had a very nice visit with galen carol in san antonio ...   Sherod

03-14-03   I have a pair of the hawk and i am enjoying every penny out ...   Almandog

03-14-03   I've compared forest against jm lab electra 915. they seem t ...   Marakanetz


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