Totem Hawks

The Hawk is one of my favorite Totem speakers and I actually much prefer it over the Forrest.  The issue with the Hawk is that the driver used does have its limitations and if you aren't careful and love to crank your music, you have a good chance of overextending the driver and doing damage.  Keep them in a small room and they'll do great.  Put them in a larger space and you will struggle.

If you are a basshead or rocker, I would advise against these speakers.

Good comment. They are nice at lower levels and in small spaces, but they just aren't big enough and dynamic enough to rock out in a larger room. An apartment dweller's friend for sure. Cheers,
Spencer

Fabulous speaker that sounds bigger than it is and capable of playing low bass down to 40hz if not below..  The woofer is a scanspeak revelator, arguably their best, and the tweeter is a higher end vifa.  Not sure about power handling and their ability to play very loud - they are on the low sensititivity side so you need a robust amp = maybe the QC issues you have heard may have resulted from too many people playing them with unfit amplifiers.