I wanted to come back to this after some thoughts. One of the very important reasons JL subs sound so good is the quality of the built-in room correction. I really like the choices it makes, but at the same time you can do the same with a microphone, Room EQ Wizard and miniDSP for a lot less.
If the OP is genuinely interested in going to the next level with his setup, I'd encourage him to go that route, which is going to be a lot less expensive but also more challenging. The good news is he can't really break anything that way.
As I mentioned before though, bass traps when needed can really help, but that would come from measurements.