I know there are many choices in high end mics and I own a lot of them. The problem then becomes one of matching them to the preamp, matching the preamp to the recorder, etc. We all pride ourselves on being able to configure and test gear for our own purposes and to be quite frank about it, after close to 50 years trying to get it right, I found a single piece of gear that easily gives me recordings I want to keep. I bought my PCM-D1 on March 9, 2006 and I'm still happy with it. This doesn't completely stop me from buying and using other gear, like the PCM-M10, but when I'm not stealthing a show, the PCM-D1 is always my first choice.
As you know, there are a lot of other factors in getting a good recording that have nothing to do with the gear, like mic placement, and sometimes it scares me to death to put that D1 on the top of a 15 foot stand. FWIW, I mostly record organs in churches.
Cheers!