Is a 14' x 21' room too big for Totem Hawks?

Thank you very much for your responses. The folks at Totem said that considering my room and listening position, the HAWKS should be placed about 24" to 30" from the back wall and about 4 to 6 feet apart (with no toe in). Thought you might find this interesting. I didn't ask them about their cables!

9hcp.

I have a similar sized room where i use Totem Sttaf speakers driven by SimAudio SS amp. The Totems seem to have no trouble reproducing tueful bass which can be a bit much in smaller spaces. Due to the furniture in your room, the tube amp and your listening tastes "bloomy" bass may not be a problem. I have hollow floors and am only able to move the speakers out 30". To combat any overwhelming bass i have stuck the speakers down with blu tack to two 12"x12" concrete slabs, then decoupled them using MDF cups and Oak balls which I picked up at Home Depot for under 12$. This helps tame the bloom considerably on the carpeted floor. I would recommend some sort of decoupling of these speakers; maybe an air platform on your hard wood. I have never tried to fill the bases of the Totems but you may want to experiment.

I found the speakers need no toe in when situated in large rooms but after moving to my current room (similar to yours) I gained best results when toeing them in to 5-10deg.

In regards to cabling; I currently use Cardas Neutral Reference IC and bi-wire Speaker cable. This produces extremely good results. Previously I tried Nordost Blue Heaven to less than spectacular results with my SS amp. If you contact Totem they will suggest you use their Tress and Sinew cables. I can only speak from a SS point of view but, don't do it! The sound was thin and underwhelming. You can do better! Also, I have heard other systems with Virtual Dynamics cables in the system and rather enjoyed the sound. Have fun.

Call Community Audio in Philadelphia and ask John. They are both a Totem & NAD dealer. He is a very honest guy who is a music lover.
I heard hawks there driven by Jolida tube integrated, and it was a nice combo in a similar sized room. He had tons of gear around, and setup wasn't optimum, but it sounded nice anyway.

Spencer

I have my Forrests in 12' x 16' room driven by 100W mono tube amps.
Having Forrests in larger like yours or even bigger room ended up with mooving them to the smaller room.
Smaller room implied to larger pleasure.
If you add sub or pair than probably you'll be OK.