Well, at about 9pm last night I pulled the trigger on the EP500 after discussing future HT plans with the wife. Will get a second EP500 at a later date.

Thanks for the replies fellas, looking at those signatures I'm seeing some legendary level HT setups.

VP180v3, M80v2, QS8v4, Arcam AV860, Rotel RMB1585, Epson 5050ub