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Many thanks to everyone who replied and particularly to you Ray for an extremely informative response! That really takes a lot of the agonizing out of the decision process.

FWIW regarding the ratings from someone who's never met Craig and likely never will: he's quick to point out that they're one guy's opinion and YMMV; that on his scale 3 point = 15% which is a performance differential most folks wouldn't notice; and that a critical listener might well come to quite different conclusions. I'm sure they're not the be-all end-all but to someone like myself who's in the market and has no real brand loyalty they're a very nice way to quickly determine a range of models to consider with the knowledge that they're all going to be solid performers.

There is also the epiksubwoofers.com he has some ranked on there too and pretty high.

I hope I came across correctly - I was replying in a humorous vein to Rick.

To be sure - with or without the turbo, the sub blows your socks off, and most anything else you have on!!! I also think the turbo-less approach tends to increase the likelihood that the REAL decision maker who lives in each of our homes will be a bit less critical about the sub to begin with. Also makes a nice end table.

The EP500 will certainly have a better finish. Tough choice between the two of them.