Thanks so much, everyone, for the advice so far.
I did try playing my electrics unplugged, and also through a little headphone amp, but it left me unsatisfied, hence the interest in the silent guitar.
Wade's comment makes a lot of sense, since I will be doing the silent practice in order to play better on only steel string (unless I were to play the nylon through an amp, but I am not planning on that).
So at the moment I am leaning towards the steel string. I'm kind of holding out for Guitar Center / Musician's Friend to send me a 20% discount coupon, which they've done before if I haven't bought anything from them in a while, which I think is the case. I don't know how much longer I can hold out, although I did buy a bass (Ibanez Mikro Bass) which is being delivered today or tomorrow, so it might keep my itchy fingers away from my wallet for a while longer.
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