I will be honest about something. For the last 2 years I have been using my 2 RE Audio 10 inch SEs to audio bliss. I decided to try 1 15 inch SXX (piece of ****) woofer and that experiment didn't work. So I went back to a place where I buy my stuff and they offer me a new model 12 inch RF T1 for $260 cash out the door. They tell me that it sounds much better and I am like OK. I hope this sounds ok. So at the price, I am like ok. I have a box built for it and I am ok, let me check this out. I was like not bad. Vast improvement over the older T1s or T2s which hit hard but didn't hit the lows worth ****. It has been 3 weeks for me and I am pleasantly surprised. I spend more time looking for a good substitute like FI, SKAR, etc, etc. In the process of searching for a new woofer I came down to the realization that this T1 sounds good, hits the lows, easily takes 1000 watts and is more efficient that me running 2 10's. BTW this T1 hits harder than my 2 10s.
The truth is I wouldn't have spent $500 buying a T1, gave up on the thought of RF ever making a decent woofer again. But at $260 the price was too good to past up. I am not going to diss anyone and say that you can't afford them but I will say if you can get them for relatively cheap give them a try. I think there is better out there especially for the price but the new T1s by RF aren't bad.