Now that someone has resurrected this thread, what did you end up doing? I see that you angered the Brooks cult a little bit, which always gets a chuckle out of me, but now I'm starting to feel tempted to take a sip of the kool-aid myself! Sooo...

I'm in NYC as well, and I've been messing around with quite a few saddles to try and find something that I really like. So if you have decided against using the Brooks, but still have it, i'd be willing to setup a swap (even temporary) for one of my "test" saddles. I'm currently messing around with a Selle Italia Turbo, a Vetta, a Fizik Antares, a Fizik Antares VS, a Fizik Arione and a Selle Royal Seta, if any of those strike your fancy.