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but will all sound different in different environments and locations within said environment.

???

Or, two different subs of the same quality will sound the same in the same place in the same environment...

Sealed vs ported is a non issue. Sealed subs will have more distortion (ie if you use the same driver for both a sealed and ported sub), but even there, we are much less sensitive to distortion at low frequencies.

I agree with Jay that you will probably be happy with offerings from any of the vendors mentioned.

Fred

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