For anyone that is/was following this just wanted to provide an update:
I finally convinced my wife to let me get two of the Harbottle 24UHT drivers as part of the group buy here on AVS!
Cody at
@HarbottleAudio was super helpful and patient as I figured my way through sending the the money via wire for the first time in my life and answering any questions/concerns I had along the way. We had a couple of long and interesting discussions about these drivers and just audio in general. He's a great guy and I believe Harbottle is a great company. His mindset and their goals as a company really align with my values as a consumer and I am so glad to have been able to be apart of the group buy and support Harbottle. Once I get the two 24's and get them all set up I doubt I'll need any more bass but if I do in the future, I'm going to go through Harbottle.
I'm now trying to get ahold of two of the 10 cuft sealed boxes from DIYSG but Erich hasn't heard back from the cabinet maker yet so just waiting on that and then finalizing my amp purchase. I'll make sure to update again if anyone is curious how things go.