As a new owner of the LFM1 I can say that you have achieved everything mentioned in this report. I have tower speakers in front that can get to 34HZ, yet the LFM1 works very well with them.
As far as looks, my wife had no problem with it because it was large enough to have a plant placed on top!. Now when you walk into the room the LFM1 looks like a stand that was made for the plant. That passes the wife test. However, I can't wait to make that plant do some "walking" of its own when the 25Hz starts kicking in.
So, I am very happy and glad I purchased this component after being "subwooferless" for many years.

How about considering a flat panel TV next!