When it comes to big vs little subs and one vs many, I don't care. I just want the best performance for the money. I already have a Velodyne dd18, Infinity Intermezzo 1.2, and the tiny PSB. One thing that I know is that it's impossible to get flat bass in any room I've ever been in with a single sub and without a lot of bass traps and eq. I tried when I was in my twenties and it's not worth the trouble. I did get really flat bass with the help of 25+ bass traps and extreme eq. It sounded weird, though, and I didn't stick with it. I find the claim that multiple subs can solve a lot of room problems plausible. The more you have the less hard they all have to work and I'm confident the room nulls can be solved by this. Since the more you have the lower volume setting they'll all have, the node excitement is bound to be reduced. The main problem with small subs IMO is that the small driver needs extreme excursion which means extreme pressure in the box and a ton of power. These things are very bad for longevity.
I'm not opposed to having 10 18" high sensitivity subs but if I can avoid it I will. I agree that high sensitivity has a sound characteristic that I like.