Raider,
I too, am curious of what you went with and how you like it. I also have been waiting and waiting and waiting, but it's just been too long and with the lack of progress reported I don't see the point in waiting any longer. I want to enjoy my system through something other than only what my Oppo will output. I may even go with a Marantz product through Outlaw if it's what I decide to go with in the end depending on availability.