Well, last weekend I went ahead and bought a pair of Garmont Mega-Lites because... y'know, I liked the color.  Got the bindings mounted too.  I'm sure this was all good advice and if I'd seen it in time I would have listened to it.  But for now I've got what I've got, it seems good to me so we'll see how it goes. 
  
Pro Ski on Aurora is a great shop, I recommend them highly to anyone, they took good care of me.