Hi,
Glad to inform that now I am one of the proud owners of XMC-1.
Received an email from them regarding the price increase from May 1st and discontinuation of 40% upgrade program. That got me thinking to order the same.
Fortunately, my official US trip came up during the same time, so went ahead and purchased at the discounted price, carried it along with me as checked in baggage and "lucky me", walked out from green channel:yahoo:.
The unit came up with 3.0 firmware. Paired with UPA-7, sounds excellent out of the box, specifically vocals and lower end without any tweaks and room calibration. Still in the process of setting it up. Will post pictures soon.
Any one interested to see and demo can send me pm.
Thanks & Regards,
Amit