I, too, recommend the M22ti over your other choices. What initially may sound like harshness from them is just the brutal truth. They are extremely revealing speakers, but that is a GOOD THING. They make great recordings shine, but will show the flaws of lesser recordings.

Also, I would not discount SVS. I've got their "smaller" box sub (they now have two). Although I have not heard the HSU VTF-2 or 3 side-by-side with the SVS, they are in the same ballpark with quality and bang-for-buck.