Almost twelve years ago when I purchased my current set of speakers even my family could hear the difference.
"Rightness." Why not? I don’t know what to call it in audio speak. After years on the audio merry-go-round the first word out of my mouth was BINGO! It had taken me years to simply understand what was missing.
Laughingly unexpected is how quickly and easy it is to hear designs that are lacking.
Your KING OF SUBWOOFER thread sure got ’em bouncing off the walls. I'm not seeing it, did it get pulled?