English saddles...close contact...or not?

I had the Collegiate Connoisseur saddle for a few years (I sold it with a horse I sold) anyways, it was one of the best saddle's I've ever owned. I actually regret selling it :-( , but I would really recommend going to a tack store that sells all of these saddles and sitting in them to get a feel for them yourself before buying one. Even if you don't buy one from that tack store (I'm a state line tack fan to), you can still test them out there. Everyone is different and you're opinion matters more than anything since you will be the one riding in it! As far as close contact or not, what type of riding do you do the most? CC is best if you do a lot of jumping but AP will do the job as well, it's really just personal preference. I have always preferred the close contact, but that's just what works for me. Knee blocks, kinda a person choice to. I found them VERY help full when I first started riding english because you can really grab with your legs, but if you are already a pretty strong rider you probably will be just fine with knee rolls. Really though, it all comes down to what works best for you. I know they aren't quite as nice looking as the others, but check out the wintec saddles, they are awesome because you can change out the insides from block to rolls to whatever! Just watch out, you can't do this on all models but on most you can. They are synthetic, but they make some REALLY nice looking ones and they are VERY comfortable! Hope this helps!