Hey...the 25-31PCi was is not on his list. :D Marty...on the Hsu side of things, I think I would go with the VTF-3MK2 (I love the no cost maple finish). You can set if for 20hz or 25hz tune....whichever sounds best for you in your environment. On the SVS side, the PB12-isd would be fine...
They have offered to pay for advertising in the last couple of months, but were told that due to contractural agreements with other sponsors, HTF could not accept. note: it was actually a suggestion I made to Hsu/Sasha a long time ago as well.
I heard WayneO mention my name somewhere. :) The bottomline is we all have opinions. Some come from direct experiences, and some don't. Everyone has biases, as much as I would like to think I don't, I probably do. I had to take the "listen for myself" approach, because all this "my dad can...
One thing to remember too is the fact that there are very few people that have listen to competing subs from both companies side by side. It would be pretty stupid to subjectively say mine is better than yours if I never heard them in the same room.