If you can afford to I would try and stretch for the hawk. I think its worth the extra money, and you probably would not need a sub with it. Basically you could buy it and probably never regret it.
From what I understand the Rainmaker is sounds like a bookshelf version of the hawk. But the drivers and tweeters (probably crossover as well) are a step down from the hawk.
The stfaf is their floor-stander that is supposed to be very component friendly. It will help mask bad equipment upstream. But because of that it can never be as resolving as some of the others.
That being said. if it was up to me and between those speakers I would buy the Rainmakers. Just make sure to get good stands, otherwise maybe the Staff would be a better choice.
As far as the sub goes. I have never been happy with sub/sat integration and will probably not bother with one (other than for HT duties).
Cheers,
Nick
From what I understand the Rainmaker is sounds like a bookshelf version of the hawk. But the drivers and tweeters (probably crossover as well) are a step down from the hawk.
The stfaf is their floor-stander that is supposed to be very component friendly. It will help mask bad equipment upstream. But because of that it can never be as resolving as some of the others.
That being said. if it was up to me and between those speakers I would buy the Rainmakers. Just make sure to get good stands, otherwise maybe the Staff would be a better choice.
As far as the sub goes. I have never been happy with sub/sat integration and will probably not bother with one (other than for HT duties).
Cheers,
Nick