Jay,
In the Army we called it a "learning experience"

Getting there. I'll be ordering the kit most likely on Wednesday. By the time it gets here the cabinets will be as done as they are going to be except for grills. I won't cut the grills out until I have the woofers on hand for measurements/alignment.
Once I get the N1X's built up and burned in I'm going to do a side by side comparison with the X-LS Encores. Then I will decide which set of towers I'll build first, either the X-MTM Encores or the N3's. I had been planning to build both pretty quickly and have one room set up with a upgraded 5.1 X-Encore system and the second room with an upgraded N-Series 5.1 system. Though I don't know what I would use for surrounds in the N-Series system. The N1X's are for a 2.1 system in my office.
I may still build up both systems but then again I may not. I was talking with Danny on another board a few weeks back about the OB X-series speakers he has on the drawing board and the X-Otica sounds like something I would be interested in. It also sounds like something I'm going to have to save up for a few months to afford.
Mike