Digital BW, The Print

Reading the recent post on the lack of punch of the balcks of Matte 
Black ink, I'm still trying to decide whether postpone buying an Epson 
7600 and ImagePrint 5 for six months by sticking with my 1290 for color 
and 1160+Piezography for B&W. Here's a quote from Bruce Fraser:

>> You aren't going to reach the gamut of the dye-based inks with 
>> pigments. You can get close, but EAM is pretty muted. You'll get a 
>> slightly larger gamut on Epson Velvet FIne Art...

Has anyone tried Epson Velvet Fine Art? How does it compare to Photo 
Rag in terms of gamut and blacks? Any other matte paper that you think 
is particularly good for Ultrachrome inks and Matte Black.

--Mitch/Paris