I'd be willing to spend up to 700; the VTF-2 MK-2 runs about 500 according to the HSU site (which is what I had been leaning to prior to this post) and i'd probably be able to get one a bit cheaper - but a decent sealed would cost more, no?

And yeah, the emphasis is on music - I'd rather have a sub that would short change my cinematic explosions rather than make non-rap sound overly boomy. I had hoped through reading reviews that the VTF-2 would be able to switch hit fairly well between music and HT - and Leo, i'm curious as to how the VTF-3 keeps up with faster paced stuff seeing as its HSUs next step up from the smaller 2, and I'm sure both would be more than adequate in terms of a movie sub for my tastes.