Charlie,

I'm sure it looks great regardless of silver and black components. I apologize if it sounded like I was being critical. That wasn't my intent. I was just trying to picture the setup in my own mind. Regarding the T1s, I like the way the T1s blend into my home theater but truth be told I do enjoy a furniture grade finish on wood speakers. Ultimately, I wanted to pay for top notch sound and the T1s fit my room nicely. Cosmetics are very subjective and costly.

If your willing to post a pic or two, it would be great to see your setup. In either case, happy listening and thank you for turning us on to some new brands! I still need to look up your cables as well.

Cheers,

T Cobe

Hey Deviate2112,
I remember you, with a name like that you will fit in here great, or at least you will in almost a hundred years!!!
Just joking!!!!!
I enjoyed reading about your system, sounds like it should be great!!!!
How are you liking the XMC-1??? I have one too with my home theater, T 2s in front.
Let me know IF I can answer any questions for you?
And please keep posting here, you are welcome here!!!!
Happy listening, God Bless, Wayne

T Cobe,

No offense taken. I don't have a very pretty setup, unfortunately, and it's not much of a room. I have an old 52 inch 1080p Sony Bravia (dying...), soon to be replaced with an LED 4k 65 inch, probably.

Other than that, just two boxes (Oppo, amp), a bunch of cables, and the T1s.

Charliehatch,
That is a GREAT system and SOOOOO much better than most have.
Well done, and the new TV should really be wonderful!!!!!
Enjoy, God Bless,
Wayne

The XMC-1 sounds amazing. It's a little quirky here and there. I'm not sure about the Dirac yet. I've run it a few times, 1st time I totally screwed the mic placements up, but the second time I figured it out. After Dirac the levels are off, my Right speaker is noticeably louder than the Left so I had to bring it down to match. I haven't played with any of the graphs yet either. As soon as I can get my wife out of my theater (new fallout 4 for xmas) I'll mess with it more.

WayneWilmeth wrote: Hey Deviate2112,
I remember you, with a name like that you will fit in here great, or at least you will in almost a hundred years!!!
Just joking!!!!!
I enjoyed reading about your system, sounds like it should be great!!!!
How are you liking the XMC-1??? I have one too with my home theater, T 2s in front.
Let me know IF I can answer any questions for you?
And please keep posting here, you are welcome here!!!!
Happy listening, God Bless, Wayne

Similar experience, I've owned Apogee Centaurus Majors (ribbons), Maggies, kef, still own Avantegard Duo's and to my ears, the T-1's have the best of all worlds. Each of those other speakers had a weakness that was fairly obvious, but not with the T-1's. My experience tells me that use of dirac and other electronic room correction still don't get it right, and for less money, I built my own bass traps and wall reflection absorbers. Use REW to fix and validate the results and the sound is amazing. No, not as perfect a frequency curve, but sounds so much better than a perfect house curve, so sticking with it. I think it will take more time for the electronic room correction software to figure out how to get it right-assuming you can fix everything electronically.