Well, I finally tried it last night.
To @gdnrbob 's point and last post, I do trust RV's ears and experience. He didn't really tell me one way or another in terms of sound when I asked him, though. I need to do more listening, but I detected a slight bump in clarity upon first impression when moving to the Theta. Of course, I am not going to be A/Bing this back and forth because it is really hard to reach the back of my amp and switch everything with the limited space I have behind my cabinet and all the cables there. I have to go on "muscle memory" of having heard certain things for testing over and over again.
It seemed like maybe there was a slight drop-off in bass along with the clarity bump, so that is why I want to be sure I'm not just hearing more upper frequencies and perceiving it as such. I can adjust the bass in them, if need be, and will probably need to re-run the Vandertones. I'm also going to be switch power cords in a couple weeks (on order) so will wait to re-calibrate them until that is in, if that's how I think I should go.
I think the takeaway would be that the difference is slight, but better is better. Thus, I'll take whatever improvements I can find.