nach langen Jahren des Wartens kam diese Nacht die Mail von Emotiva.
Ich bin jetzt in der Liste offensichtlich dran und kann bestellen, aber............
DIRAC ist noch nicht impelemtiert (was ich schon wusste).
Will ich wirklich ein Premium Beta-Tester sein?
Noch habe ich bis 13.08.2014 zeit zu bestellen.
Stand heute warte ich aber lieber, auch wenn ich meinen Startplatz verliere
und wenn ich dadurch das "exclusive limited edition gift" nicht bekomme. 
Hier mal der Text, für alle die es interessiert.
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Dear loyal Emotiva customer,
We are very pleased to announce that the wait is over! The XMC-1 is now in full production and we’re ready to take your order! Since you were one of the first to reserve your place on line, you’ll be one of the first to enjoy the awesome sound quality and amazing features of the XMC-1 - our new game-changing flagship pre/pro.
We are ready to take your order for one of our August XMC-1 units. Please respond by Wednesday, August 13, 2014 if you intend to purchase an XMC-1. If you do not respond by the August 13th cutoff date, you will forfeit your place in line.
To place your order, please give us a call at 615-790-6754 with your payment information. If you are using your 25% upgrade for life discount, please let us know when you place your order so we can verify that information. If you have a 40% upgrade card, you’ll have to mail it in before we can actually ship your unit. Although there are other options, we strongly recommend selecting US certified mail or a similar secure method for shipping your upgrade card in.
We’re pleased to tell you that we’ve finished beta testing the XMC-1, and the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. While the XMC-1 has more features than any of our previous models, we’ve optimized the menus so well that it’s actually easier to use.
And, of course, you’re getting real audiophile sound quality – the XMC-1 sounds every bit as good as the best audiophile preamps available today. You also now have the choice between our Reference Stereo mode, which avoids all processing for the purest possible audiophile stereo performance, and our new version of Direct Mode, which still eliminates almost all processing, but lets you keep bass management (so you can still use your sub).
One thing we do need to make you aware of is that the first few batches of XMC-1’s will be shipping without Dirac Live Room Correction installed on them. As promised, Dirac Live will be fully implemented shortly; in about 60 days you’ll receive the software update for Dirac on a USB flash drive, a calibration microphone, and updated user instructions. We really wanted to have Dirac installed on every XMC-1 that we ship, but we’re still working out a few small but significant details of how the Dirac calibration software talks to the XMC-1. (Dirac Live works perfectly, and so does the Dirac engine on the XMC-1, but we’ve not going to release it until we’re sure they’ll work smoothly together on everybody’s home network.) Luckily, with the XMC-1, updating the firmware is as easy as plugging in a USB stick and selecting “Update Firmware” from the menu.
In the mean time, you’ll have the XMC-1’s incredibly powerful manual equalization controls and test tone generators for your room correction needs (Each manual preset, which can be assigned separately to each input, gives you 11 independent bands of fully parametric equalization for each speaker). The incredibly flexible internal test tone generators deliver white noise for setting levels, and fully variable sine wave test tones for calibrating frequency response.)
We appreciate your patience and support and look forward to adding your name to our list of early adopters! Also please note that the early adopters will receive an exclusive limited edition gift from Emotiva.
Since Dirac isn’t quite ready, if you purchase your XMC-1 now, of course we’ll extend your 30-day trial period until 30 days after we send you the Dirac update. We will remind you that this is strictly a software update, and doesn’t affect the hardware at all, so there’s no reason whatsoever to delay buying your XMC-1 right now. However, if you do decide you want to wait for Dirac, and have us install it for you, then you will still need to call in or reply to this email so we can save your spot in line for you.
If you’ve changed your mind, you don’t have to reply; however, due to the high demand, if we don’t hear from you by next Wednesday, 8/13, we’ll remove your name from the waiting list and move on to the next customer in line. (That means you’ll be back at the end of the line when you decide you want one after all.)
Meine Regierung killt mich wenn ich dadurch den besseren Rotwein im Urlaub nicht bestellen werde 
