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Robert, if you get the chance, try to borrow a Televue, or Pentax, or other high-end eyepiece off of someone nearby.
As has been mentioned previously in this thread, the telescope is only half of the optics. Generally, the glass in the higher-end eyepieces is magnificent, and can really make your night.
I have the 10" LX200, and view Jupiter with a 10mm Ethos. Aside from being visually very bright, and quite hazy due to the low altitude, Jupiter generally resolves quite nicely... although a moon filter or some other dimming filter of the like wouldn't go astray.
Would a Barlow help to dim the view? (A genuine question from me, as I haven't used one.) I know they extend the focal ratio, and in my head, that makes the image "slower," therefore dimmer.
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