After a couple more days, some more thoughts:

1. Twiddling the BFO thumbwheels is a real PITA. Realistically I'll
only have to do this changing from CW to RTTY etc. but still it's a
pain.

2. ISB (independent sideband) split left-right in stereo or on
headphones is the coolest thing since sliced bread. I've never had this
before!

3. Synthesizer noise is not noticable when sitting, but when tuning
through a 10kHz boundary there's this annoying click/thump that occurs.
It's better than radios which "chuff" while tuning, but it is annoying.
(Realize I come from a world of non-digital tuning and I've been
annoyed by all synth-based tuners in one way or another.)

4. 3.2 and 6kHz filters still sound incredibly sharp - WOW! I did some
side-by-side test comparison with my Ten-Tec Triton on weak-signal CW
stuff and while the 0.3 and 1kHz filters are quite acceptable, I think
I prefer the Ten-Tec filtering (even though it's not as brick-wall
steep). Or maybe it's that good old-fashioned analog knob while tuning
on the Ten-Tec. I will have to do more than a couple hours of CW
listening to sort this out - I've grown really accustomed to the sound
of the Ten-Tec filters maybe, or maybe it's just that the Ten-Tec was
built to excel at CW.

5. The hang on the AGC in slow mode seems way too long if I'm tuning
around. I know that's how it's supposed to be, but I'm not used to it
yet. With my other radios I can set the AGC hang time to be long and
don't really notice it while tuning around. Maybe it's a combination of
hang time and the tuning rates (again I'm not used to this digital
tuning with different step rates concept)

Tim.