I appreciate what you're saying and see the problem you're talking about with making the top bar too thin. But I went ahead and mocked it up that way using your .gif -- just to be sure no one is going to like it (because I still kind of like it). Whatever the case-- I'm grateful to have you here and love all the logos you've done. Basically, it's a win-win situation since any of yours would be fantastic.
You sure we can't do something like this?:
Realizing the "S" is no longer the same font as everything else, can something like this work? Probably not.