Just thought I'd post an update.
I adopted Justin's pair of HT1-TLs this weekend; he wants to get a better set for HT use, but couldn't keep the HT1s as getting the entire veracity set for a 5.1 setup would be rather prohibitive in price. It took a total of 7hours for the drive to and back, but it was definitely worth it.
As you can see below, the color of the veneer has changed pretty dramatically over the last 6 months. It is slightly exaggarated due to low lighting in my living room, but the colors have definitely gotten bolder and more defined. IMO it looks a ton better now than the somewhat pale original look.
The thing did image like crazy at Justin's when I was trying it out, after bringing it home I've been finding half of that may have been due to room characteristics. Still does very well and is a joy to listen to, but I haven't been able to recreate the insane amount of imaging I got listening to it in Seattle. I've been playing around some with toe-in, still haven't exactly nailed down where I think would be the best spot (right now it's only angled about 5-10deg inwards) for imaging and soundstage.
I was slightly worried about brightness, as I've read elsewhere that the metal SEAS woofer combined with the higher crossover of the LCY ribbons can cause some of the not-so-well-recorded tracks to sound bright; so far I'm not finding that to be the case, and it's actually been less of a problem in that respect compared to the SVS MBS-01 it replaced. All in all I've been very, very happy so far with the set.
