not to be a bad influence but the Nova with Zu essence speakers seems to have set tongues wagging at some show or another last year. Saw it written up in stereophile, tone audio, and a couple other places. makes a mess of the budget but it catches my eye when a cheap-ish combo gets that kind of attention. Sell a kidney maybe?? $3500 direct from Zu. As for the above I can only speak on the ERA choices and of them I would do the D5 over the D4. Given that the other choices are pretty high rep items and may well beat the D5's.
