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There is no one subwoofer, there is no one component, that is perfect in every system. The world of audio just isn’t that simple...."
I never said it was the final single bests-all-comers solution ..... it wasn’t my article ...just a link to a third party article with a quality background read highlighting on the strengths and warts of ALL subwoofers, ( note the article title ) that also happened to include that writers suggested fave in closing that you can reject if you want to.
I know, you know, we ALL know that there is no one-size fits all to perfection choice, to quote your metaphor.
The Vandy is a very very fine contender AT ITS PRICEPOINT in a large arena of pretenders ,
BUt
I would gladly upgrade further to, say .... an ATC C-1 subwoofer that starts out north of $10,000 and goes up,(if I could afford it) as just one simple example.