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Totem Hawk or Forest : 1' close to rear walls

Hi,

My living room is approximately 21' x 21', with 9' ceiling, with some irregular inner walls (kitchen), and! open to other rooms in the house. I'm leaning towards the Forest, an easy to drive (6 ohms min) but power hungry beast (86db/w*m), but I can't pull my speakers more than 12", say 18" from the rear walls. It has been said earlier in this forum that the Totem Hawks are better suited in such situation (i.e restricted "breathing space"). I fear that the Forest may produce too much "strength" in the the bass. On the other end, will the Hawks play loud enough when pushed hard?

The speakers will be put in one of the corner (90 degrees) of the room.

Amplifier will be the Bel Canto S300i integrated (100+ watts @ 8 ohms, 200+ ohms @ 4 ohms), replacing my nice Rega Mira3, and CDP is the smooth and musical Eastern Electric Minimax. The current resident speakers, the really enjoyable Totem Rokk (close to Totem Model 1 in tone and spirit, IMHO), are returning to Home Theater duties.

Notes:
- I enjoy my set-up with the Rokk but I do miss part of the bottom octave. I don't really like the fact that subwoofers, unless you pay big $$$, are not really phase-coherent with the speakers. So this is not an option for me.
- We do have some parties once in a while...

Thanks.
jpiche
dgaylin
255 posts
 
I agree with Ghosthouse completely. I have the Forests, my room and layout are similar to his. I had the exact same experience with placement and break-in.

I've also found the Forests are capable of a lot -- every time I've upgraded something (cables, components, power/ac, isolation, tweaks), the Forests have delivered better sound, even as they have gone from being the most expensive part of my system to a much smaller piece of the total pie.
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
the forests will be fine
jpiche OP
1 posts
 
Thanks guys! The plan is thus to check with Vince's staff then to try the Forests in situ.
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