Upgrade to Totem Forest or Monitor Audio GS60?

of the two, the forest...check out the ohm 100mk3

14x20 is just a bit on the large side for the Forests IMO. Mimberman's post is right on. I know them in a room that is 14x17x8 and that was about as much as their bass can handle.

I think you should look into a slightly larger speaker that either of those. JM Lab Electra 926 would be a great candidate, or something of that size - assuming you want enough bass extension to create real soundstaging. Some people don't care about that in which case the Forests would indeed work well. Personal taste always plays a role of course.

Thanks everyone for the advice. I agree with knownothing - I need to move much more air now. I'll see what my local dealers can offer for loaners.

Jim

For rock, prog-rock, techno, electronica, and any other musical style where you want pits of hell deep bass that's accurate, fast and musical, great mids and treble and the ability to move a lot of air, check out Legacy Focus HD.

Strangely enough, Mimberman and I had the exact same upgrade path. I had the Forests for about 6 months and upgraded to Dali Euphonia MS-4's.

I, like you, listen mostly to indie rock and heavily produced rock recordings. I truly enjoyed the forests, but one issue I had in my system was that the sibilance on some records (singers pronouncing the letter "s") actually got too hot for me. Once I started hearing it I just could not get around it.

The voicing of the Dali's is such that I have gotten rid of the sibilance problem, but without losing the detail, speed and transparency I enjoyed so much with the totems. Also, even though one of the Forest's strong suits is bass, especially for their size, moving to the larger Dali's has confirmed that there is no replacement for displacement. Bigger drivers and bigger cabinets are going to move more air.

The Forest is a fine speaker, but like Mimberman, I suggest you give serious consideration to Dali Helicon 400 MkII. JM Lab does make a great rock speaker as well. I auditioned the 1027's a while back and really, really liked them.