I really want the sub eq, but even at the preorder price it still doesn't seem worth it to me, unless people start getting theirs and report about the night and day difference it makes, but I just don't see that happening. While I'm sure it does make a great improvement, I'd sooner get an SMS-1 and save some money, unless the SMS-1 isn't up to par with the SVS unit. I guess time will tell, but for the meantime, I'm sure the ultra will make me one happy audioholic.