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Fora couple of years, I used Mac Prep And Prime Eye Vibrancy Primer. I LOVE it. And then, I guess with a lot of vacations or whatever, I kind of forgot about it, so I'm glad to be reminded. I would put it on and while still wet, mix my undereye concealer into it. Works very well. I'm super curious about the Benefit tho and I'll eventually check that out.

What is interesting is that not only were the procrastinators performing poorly under the time restraints, when asked how they thought they did, and how compared to others, procrastinators (compared to non-procrastinators) stated they thought they did great.

The bottom line: Procrastinators do not do well under time pressure, yet they think they do. What needs to be done is for us to work on tasks when we are assigned, to learn to handle more than one assignment at the same time, and to put aside a belief that waiting to the last minute gets us going and motivates us.

Life is short. Focus on what needs to be done and do it. Focus on the needs of others and help them. Life is not about me, it's about we. Do not use excuses; use the excitement of doing things. Live with science and be productive.

A few weeks back a set of affordable tower speakers were delivered to my home from Emotiva. This is a brand of audio products that sell direct and therefore eliminate the middleman (dealer) so they can sell these audio products to us, the consumer, for less.

Keep in mind that Emotiva is not one of those brands in the audio space that charge tens of thousands for a speaker or amp, rather this company is run by a group of music lovers who design audio gear at a price point that almost any of us can afford. I am talking entire systems for as little as $1k, and that includes DAC, Phono Stage and Cables. I do talk about high end gear on these pages often but I also love it when I can talk about a product that costs much less, yet still delivers musical enjoyment.

This means many more can enjoy quality music as the price is very right and that is a very good thing. I am all for that as this hobby can be enjoyed by those with big money or those with little money. That enjoyment is not limited by how many dollars we have in our bank accounts to spend on audio.

With Emotiva we can get very nice quality music reproduction at prices we normally do not see within this hobby. These speakers also double up as tremendous sounding home theater speakers as Emotiva makes sure they can do double duty with either music or movies.

The T1+ speakers are meant to be a fantastic value kind of speaker that deliver more sound than their price tag would allow you to believe. Speakers that one can realistically buy without going into debt that happens to make pretty dang good music to boot. Music that is made from the T1+ is not meant to be analyzed and studied but rather they are made to actually listen to and just to enjoy the music.

As for the subject of todays review, the three way 88db efficient 4 ohm T1+ towers use a similar high frequency driver (not sure if it is exactly the same as the smaller B2+). The larger T1+ uses a 2532 mm Airmotiv folded ribbon tweeter. In addition we now have a midrange driver and two bass drivers in the larger tower speakers. This basically brings a bigger sound, deeper bass and an overall more energetic sound vs the two way B2+.

With the T1+ coming in at 88DB efficiency with a 4 ohm load these are not an easy breezy drive like a Klipsch Heritage speaker but they are not a hard drive. I have found these speakers are driven effortlessly by the $600 TA1 Emotiva amp or even my 30WPC high end Luxman 595 ASE integrated that puts out 30WPC in Class A.

This gear far outclasses the T1+ speakers as no one on earth will buy these to power with an amp or DAC like this. I wanted to hear them in this system though, to see how good they CAN sound. I have found over the years that lower cost speakers can sound mighty fine when fed with superb quality amplification and even cables (YES they make a difference in revealing systems). It shows me what these speakers can do when fed with quality current and a refined digital front end.

I remember a time when I hooked up some el cheapo $79 speakers to a $10k amp with all Nordost Valhalla cables and I was blown away by how much better the speakers sounded when compared to an AVR I had on hand at the time that used basic copper cables. Even though no one does (or should do) that, it can be fun to see and hear what these speakers do in this kind of situation.

The midrange of the T1+ was slightly recessed and pushed back into the soundstage a few levels. This meant voices were slightly pushed back rather than being placed forward and into the room. The treble was very prevalent out of the box and I was a little nervous at first. Those fears subsided after two weeks of running the speakers in as the treble did tame out nicely. The result was a treble that was incredibly revealing (but not jagged or rough).

By the third week they were sounding more refined and smooth and opened up quite a bit from when they were new. The bass was impressive to say the least and there was plenty of kick and punch coming from the speakers lower end. The sound had dynamics, drive and could belt out some rock and roll or even some Jazz vocals if the mood hit me.

One thing I love about Emotiva is that they design speakers to sound fantastic with any kind of music you throw at them. Rock, Jazz, EDM, Fusion, Vocals, New Age, whatever. They do not excel with one kind of music as they let me enjoy everything from AC/DC to Phoebe Bridgers, from Enya to Louis Armstrong. This is nice as with some audiophile speakers we tend to find ourselves finding music that sounds good with the speakers (as usually not all music does).

I then brought in the B2+ bookshelf speakers from Emotiva and they had a similar sound to the T1+ but were smaller sounding and more punchy in the mids vs the larger tower. They were not as open sounding as the towers as the T1+ were more transparent.

The T1+ sound does focus more to the musical side of the spectrum but there is some treble energy up top that can reveal bad recordings quite easily. Thin sterile recordings will still sound thin and sterile and unlistenable (as they do on my more pricey speakers). If listening to very well recorded music they fill out and flesh out more and sound quite lovely and with some tracks they even started to sound very full and warm sounding.

The T1+ can fill a room with music as they can also handle big power, up to 350 WPC from your amplifier. The more power you feed them the better in this case. The 200 WPC Class A/B Michi X3 integrated really powered the T1+ to their best yet as the X3 tamed the treble down a little bit, fleshed out the mids more than The Luxman did and presented a smoother sound with a gentler flow of the music.

In fact moving on to the MICHI really wowed me as this $5600 integrated amp seemed to tick all of the right boxes when powering the T1+, making them sound much more expensive than they are but again, who will buy $899 speakers for a $5k+ integrated amp? Not many, but to those who do, the MICHI sounds fantastic with Emotiva.

After a couple of weeks of listening with the big money front end I installed the Emotiva TA1 integrated amp (above) which comes in at $599 and has a built in DAC and Phono preamp (for MM carts). I reviewed this piece a while back HERE.

The good thing is that these T1+ speakers still sounded rather fantastic with the Emotiva amp and my guess is that Emotiva voices their speakers with their own amps, which would make perfect sense. Again, no one will buy these and pair them with high end audiophile gear as they are not built for that. Most likely those who buy the T1+ will use them with their current receiver, AVR or better yet, with one of the two Emotiva integrated amps on offer (which is what I would recommend).

With the system now coming in at a cost of $1600 total (with cables) the sound was just about the same with a little less refinement/smoothness vs the big money amp. They still were rocking out but had a little more sparkle and edge with just as much drive to them. Yes, the more pricey gear did make them sound bigger, smoother and more open but the more affordable Emotiva amp really was the perfect mate to these speakers and would serve them well in most rooms.

The Emotiva T1+ are for those who just want a killer stereo system that can sound great as a party system, background music or even for a night of winding down and de-stressing in a sweet spot. These speakers deliver a soundstage and performance that is more like a $1500 speaker but this is due to the fact that when we buy from Emotiva there are no middle men that have to get a chunk of the payday. With Emotiva we buy direct and this allows them to give us more for less.

I always tell people to avoid auditioning expensive gear if you are not 100% serious about purchasing as you may just really love it. If you do hear this fancier piece in your system and you loved it then it would be hard to go back to what you had prior. This is how many audio sales are made and how many wallets are drained within this hobby. I remember more than once being content with my system only to hear the next best thing and having to trade up. If I never tried that new piece I would have been happy with what I had and therefore I would have had more cash in the bank.

Hifi is not all about big money systems as we can get into a nice start up system that may be a bridge to more or one that you settle with for life for under $1600, and even lower than that with a B2+ based system. A system such as this will blow away most (if not all) bluetooth speakers so many of us use for music these days.

I originally began looking into under-desk exercise bikes for my mom because they're great for mobility-challenged seniors, but I quickly realized how great they are for anyone who spends most of the day at a desk. Um, hello!

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