Vortex is awesome no doubt and there are some great deals on them at cameralandny.com right now.
I just got a set of the Bushnell Fusions. I'm really excited about the LRF/Bino combo in one unit. Glass looks pretty good, but haven't really got to use them in the field yet.
I have the Leupold gold rings 10x42 I love them. Leupold has a mail in rebate, I bought them at cabela's because they gave me a $150 store credit and plus the rebate. If I didn't get that deal I would have bought Vortex binos.
Not sure what your price range or application is. I started using Swarovski a couple years ago and it has made a huge difference is spotting animals. The last moose hunt I went my friends had leupolds and vortex. They could barely spot the moose I was counting brow tines on. My last goat hunt I was able to spot a billy from a large nanny and my brother using leupold could not.
that cdnn investments place had some leupold goldrings for very cheap. Never did any business with them but they will have some very good deals (better if you don't have to pay sales tax)