Why do you guys pursue a flat frequency response when you buy a subwoofer?


As we all know, most audiophiles spend a fortune for that flat frequency response displayed on the manufacturer's specs when you buy a subwoofer. Why do you do this? The minute you put that flat sub in your room and take some measurements, it is anything but flat (it's a rollercoaster with all kinds of peaks/nulls etc, EQ to the rescue).....So, why do you dudes continue to look for the flat line? What's going on in your mind when you're shopping around?
deep_333
tomic601:
Miller - flail away Charlie

So you choose liar. If the shoe fits, wear it.
Just remember it was you who tied the laces.
Gr8 post Duke ! The only thing I would add is Management of the critical crossover frequency to the mains and the slope and energy of the subs above 100 HZ, assuming the dude , “ any major dude “ cares about imaging....
Duke - I will resend you the hi-rez photo at your AK business email. I put a medium
rez in my virtual system page : Poverty Bay Sound. That is viewable by all.
" Duke - I will resend you the hi-rez photo at your AK business email." 

Got it - THANK YOU!  Very interesting pattern of waves on the lake!! 

How were the patterns moving? 

Duke
Millercarbon to tomic601: " So you choose liar. "

Miller, just for the record, I’m not comfortable with what you did there.

In a now-deleted post you called for tomic to do such-and-such or else he was (in your words) a liar, and when he didn’t, you now say he chooses to be a liar. Without overly dissecting it, I’ll just say that seems pretty aggressive to me.

Miller, is there a different way you could have replied to tomic601’s earlier post, one that extended the benefit of the doubt and would therefore likely have resulted in the clearing up any misperceptions?

Duke