Meade AR 55 6 inch vs. 5 inch achromat views?

Now that Mars is out, how much detail will be lost dropping down from 6" - 5" achromats for planets & stars? (Or, how much more detail seen from 5" - 6"?)
I have a Meade AR 55 6" and the views are quite sharp, but I may want to step down to a Meade 5" for more of a grab & go scope. I read all the statistics, but how about real user's opinions? Will I really lose that much detail resolution on planets? Any noticable difference on color of stars? Any noticable resolution when separating doubles? (I have a 12" LX200 for DSO's, etc. so the refractor is not used for them). Has anyone compared the Meade AR 55 5" & 6"?
In fact, I have owned the 6" for over 1 year, but last night was the first time I ever used it. I compared it to a 4" Orion achro last night, and the detail difference is very noticable on Mars (seeing maybe 5-6, transparancy maybe 6 at times). I sold an AR 55 5" before buying the 6", and never compared them side by side.
Whomever bought my 5", if you want to sell it back.....)
There is a good discussion on 4 inch vs. 5 inch. Surely 5" vs. 6" has been discussed at some time, but I can not find it.

Thanks!

a 5 inch refractor?

As a "grab and go?"

Alex

>>>I have owned the 6" for over 1 year, but last night was the first time I ever used it. I compared it to a 4" Orion achro last night, and the detail difference is very noticable on Mars (seeing maybe 5-6, transparancy maybe 6 at times).
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Just a note... The only Orion 4 inch Achro I know of is AstroView 100 which is a 4 inch F6 scope. Last night I happened to be observing Mars with a Celestron C102HD, 102mm F10 and I decided to compare the views with a scope with the Astroview 100mmF6 objective.

The C102HD at F10 showed much better detail, even with a WO VR-1 (minus violet) filter in the faster scope.

OF course then I whipped out the 10 inch DOB but we won't talk about what those views were like...

jon