Hey Dan,
The dealer is waiting for me to give the word to give me a loaner to demo at home. I am asking for advise because, while I am close to asking for the loaner, I want to tap into the wisdom of this group before taking that next to final step.
For what's worth, I trust the dealer quite a bit as he actually graciously and considerately talked me out of a decent sized purchase because he believed it would not give the most bang for the buck at this stage of the game.
I guess a side question is, how much of an improvement should I be looking at switching out electronics. I know I realized a big difference going from my Krell KAV -300r to the Mac. Do the differences get smaller when going from really good to maybe even better?