it is not surprising that m&k defends their claim that about why they dont use servos. im sure that velodyne knows what they are doing or they wouldnt waste their time putting it in there. their sub would still be awesome without servo control, and if they thought for one millisecond that it would negatively impact the sound it would not be in their subs.

i guess this could boil down to my theory is better than your theory, and we are sticking by our engineering...

i myself have used servo (type of logic as well as actual applications of mechanical devices) in several manufacturing applications and from my experience they only make a product better by analyzing and then feeding back info that is pertinent to making a better product. but of course this has nothing to do with sound quality...

you cannot argue with one fact, velodyne has extremely low distortion throughout the spectrum of audio it is playing back and at any play back level.

m&k is well respected as well though, i dont think as much so with subwoofer manufacturing, but they do make good products. for them to claim that their subs will be more musical than one with a servo integrated device is pretty arrogant, but naturally they are trying to sell expensive gear to the masses so they will always say their ideas are best.

i dont know what other companies use servo control in their subwoofers, but id be interested as to which ones do. also i know that several amp makers use negative feedback to overcome feedback pushed back by the speakers, and that their are advantages and disadvantages to that approach.

i would put my sub (18in) in competition with any other sub, and im sure it is well above any except for some one offs or ungodly ridiculous priced ones.

anyway, i know you are happy with your m&ks wayne, and i am with my velodynes. once there is a new top dog on the market i wouldnt think twice about giving another brand a shot, but to this day i have not found one from any other brand...

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