I've owned the Forests for almost a year now. Have not heard or read of them compared to the Hawks, but the Totem website info seems to make a solid case for similar sound at about half the cost. I use the Forests as my mains, and am considering the Hawks as a conveniently similarly-voiced surround upgrade for the near future. Forests provide a very coherent, uncolored presentation. I'm very happy with them. I've recently purchased Odyssey Stratos monoblocks, to try to drive them better for improved dynamics and low-level detail. (I'll be using the B & K 202 AVR for a while as the pre though). Hope others will pony-up with some directly comparative info and observations.
