Hey Sea, im not too far from you, im in Westbury (just up the meadowbrook). Are your 1176s fully working? Im having quite a time with them (again because i bought the wrong BOM (i think)) but I would love to see one in action. I'd def. bring out the 2-1073. It's the best sounding Pre in my studio right now. Im planning on picking up a UA LA-610MKII to get some tube flavor in here.
Just got boards for the the SB4000, a Stereo Matrix (MS en/decoder), and the CLX160 just waiting on the parts now.