Hi Darkplague, nice to see you make your first post!
How did you hear about us?
You're doing the right thing - getting some binoculars while saving up for the 10" dob. It's a shame you had to self your goto reflector, but I can understand about the noise.
The 10" dob makes no noise, and later down the track you can still have "push-to" in the form of
DSC's like SkyCommander or ArgoNavis, if star-hopping isn't your cup of tea, or you want to find more objects, faster. You can also get tracking in the form of an
EQ platform, again it makes no noise.
The bino advice you received is all good, Andrews have some good quality gear at a good price. I started with some Saxon 11x70's for $220. They're fine for astronomical use (not the highest quality, but they're ok), but as Slice (I think it was) said, don't forget you might want a tripod and tripod adapter to hold them steady - big aperture binoculars with high magnification are hard to hold steady and you see much less detail in objects when it's bouncing around your field-of-view.
Good luck and keep us informed! and don't wait so long before your next post!