EFSIII,
Thanks. I just got tired of waiting, found what I hope is a good deal, and went for it. I know that there are others that have been on the waiting list longer than me, but with an open-ended ship date on the 950, I jumped. Of course I will be second guessing my decision until I have the new unit in my rack, but what are you gonna' do? I know that at the very least I got an incredible preamp, with highly-rated decoding, for a third the price of the MSRP. That's because it's last year's model. This years model has new cosmetics and 7.1 capability. The cool part is that the system architecture is setup so that everything except the jackfield can be upgraded. That includes software, firmware, and hardware. I hope it works as good in reality as it does on paper.
Good luck on whatever decision you finally make.
Mix