800D vs 800 D2 setup?

Folks, 

I need the collective wisdom to weigh in as I am at a cross roads. I listen to a lot of 2 channel, would be a base head to most.  Current l/c/r is paradigm studio 100s V5 with cc690 center and 2 rhythmic f15s.  room size is 40 by 30 with 11 ft ceilings used for tv/theatre/2channel. Set on black, I prefer gloss over black.  

Option 1. 800D and the Monsterous HTM1D

pros:  HTM1D is massive, talk about prescense.  

cons: panio is not available, > 5 years old, age, 


option 2 800 D2 with htm2

pros: painio available, < 5 years old, looks better without grills, 

cons: no matchig htm1d, htm2 just looks wimpy to 800s 

About the same between both:
- cost is +/- couple k between the 2 options.  
- comparing between 2 setups is impossible 
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What would you do?  Older or newer?  I may have answered myself since I listen to 2 channel and the economics say put less in the center channel.  

Thoughts?  Thanks in advance!