I agree completely with the "apples and oranges" statement above. Don't have any Kimber experience at all so can't comment there. I would speculate however, that Springfield dominates the lower end 1911 market with their G.I., Mil-Spec, and Loaded models and if that's true they would be the benchmark for comparison if one were to be made, right or wrong.
Regarding the "Match Grade" barrel in XDM. There is no standard that I know of that defines what a match grade barrel is and would further contend that its one of the most overused claims in the handgun business. In my opinion, the term mention of the term "Match Grade" with any factory handgun selling for less than $2K is complete horse droppings, and strictly a product of the marketing department.
Regarding the squishy trigger, SA claims, if I recall, that they have they shortest trigger pull of any of the tupperware pistols. I also have a Glock 21, unmodified, and find SA's claim on that subject is also horse pucky. I have trigger work on both the XDM and the G21 on the schedule, but the 1911s are so much more fun to mess with, that I haven't gotten to the XD/G21 work yet. The 1911s are already there.