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.
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.