Well, as fate would have it, my Sony needs to go in for service (issues with the video switching). The prospect of spending some time without my HT audio system is what pushed me to finally try the 950. So, I'll have a week with the 950 before I run the comparison. This will give me time to calibrate it properly, and ensure an accurate comparison.

My initial impulse was to just get the 950 and sell of the 5ES when it gets back from the shop, but once my enthusiasm cooled, I decided to compare first.

What I didn't mention in my initial post is this is an HT setup--pretty much no music listening--so that's why I'm looking to compare scenes in movies rather than music.

Thanks,

--Mike