i dont think you're going to feel too much more melancholy when the X2 Series 2s show up...just saw the ad on Audiogon change...that must be you!!! Bear in mind, set aside as much as 8-10 hours for set up...let them have their time. It is worth it. When the guys came to set it up, it went from good to great to sota to smokes!!! but it took nearly 10 hours. In particular, they resoldered the resistors of my tweeters twice to get the exact dispersion that i wanted in the room...increasing/decreasing first by 3db and then by 0.7db or so. It made a huge, huge difference. When the speakers arrived in the store...the tweeters were boosted by 3db...and i nearly told them not to bring it to the house even after they tried to slide the various tweeter/mid boxes around...the treble was sawing my ears off. Nevertheless, they said they were 100% confident they could adjust the speaker to exactly how i wanted it in my room...and they did. So let them have their time setting up, and let them do/redo the settings until it is perfect for your ears. Good luck!