We'll after spending a few minutes on the phone with Brian I decided it was time to quit contemplating about it, for a year or more now, and pull the trigger. I now have a HDS9 touch on the way.
Thanks Brian for taking the time to answer a few questions and sharing your experience with me. There was no hard sales push or trying to up sale anything. Just good old fashioned courtesy and assistance.
I will most likely (definitely) be on here asking numerous stupid questions.
If I can ever get off of these 65-85 hour work weeks maybe I can install it and get it wet one day.