The T3 TSNS is an awesome sub, its similar to a soundstream xxx 15 but with better parts.
Demuth did not give subs away to EVERYONE at finals, only people that had earned them and would give him a better reputation (and almost all of them paid only 1 or 2 got 100% free)
Danny Britain 2 weeks before finals had to rip out his bandpass because it wasn't doing the numbers he wanted, he didn't have time to get it fully built and he burped full tilt in his pit stall before going to the lane, burped in the lanes and they failed...doing 2 full tilt burps with 10k+ per coil within 20 minutes of each other that would trash almost any woofer on the market today, especially with only 2 weeks in the enclosure.