Your version of "wicked" is my version of "shitty". Everybody has a different idea of what accurate, natural sounding bass should sound like. Some people have never heard what a good sounding system sounds like. Like the people who buy 10.00 woofers at flea markets and never hear any other woofers....they don't know that the SQ of what they bought is terrible. Just like the people who live in countries where there are only VW bugs to drive around, they have not experienced what a Ferrari, Corvette, etc. is like, or even imagine what it would be like.The general public thinks stereos at Best Buy, mainly Bose is the best that you can buy. what more needs to be said?
To each his own.
It's only an opinion.
Happy listening.