I'm going to be the proud owner of a G0453 planer with Byrd head very shortly (the Byrd head is here), going to order the planer to arrive during my next work vacation in Feb.
Up to this point I've had a DW735 that has performed admirably, just too loud to use in my current shop/living situation. I was avoiding using it because of how much noise it generates and it was ticking off the neighbors, so I was reduced to only using it when they left the house (and they are fairly elderly on both sides so don't leave their houses much).
Hemming and hawing on whether to sell it or just keep it around. I have countless projects at my parents' house, and perhaps it would come in handy there...it's a pretty sweet portable machine that I got an amazing deal on.
On the other hand, getting a few hundred bucks towards the new planer would sure help appease the better half.
Just thinking aloud...