The more I hear about this STF-2 problem the more it sounds like simply a bad batch. The part that disturbs me though is that Hsu, known for great customer service, has been telling customers to fix it themselves. I'm curious to know if they're telling everyone that, or just the people who bought their subs at CompUSA that the "illegally" low price?

As to your question about Axiom subs. I don't think anyone has ever said that the Axiom subs are not good. The issue is that there are subs as good and better (Hsu being one of them) that cost less. Axiom owners are notoriously "cheap". We want the very best, for the very lowest price. That's why we own Axiom speakers! That being the case, Hsu (and a few others) fit that bill very nicely.