Yes, pro drivers might be able to deliver better performance *if* you can use them in large cabinets or basshorns. I'd encourage you to keep an open mind though, because there is a lot of newer stuff out in the home department that you may not know all about yet. I'm not talking about stuff from Sony or something, I'm talking about true quality manufacturing that *does* have tight tolerances. These high excursion drivers really can do an incredible job at the lowest two octaves when placed in low-tuned and large ported boxes. I've found this out from experience.

I think we just have to agree to disagree on how much better a huge, horn loaded pro driver would sound over a more compact home speaker in a ported box which ultimately is engineered spcifically for that task, moreso than the pro woofer.

Adam