Thanks @RoA and @millennia_one for your comments. This has proven to be a tough investigation indeed haha.
Yesterday I was also checking the Rythmik L12 which has a direct servo system and it's around $500 too. But it has no high-level inputs, that's another can of worms I've seen.
But the...
Yes you are totally right! I guess the best way to go would be ordering and auditioning them in my home to keep the one I like the most and return the other one. As the two companies have a try it, keep or return policy. The thing is that I live in Costa Rica and I can't do that from here :/
I have a pair or KEF Q100 bookshelve speakers, and a Polk Audio PSW108 subwoofer in a music only listening room (no home theater or video interest!). The system sounds fairly good at the moment (at least for an entry level system and my inexperienced ears).
I've had this setup for almost a...