> What I'm curious about is the suitability of some of the other manufacturer rotors (Avid, others ? ) and their compatibility with the 785's.
There's nothing that should cause incompatibility, unless you manage to find a monster of a rotor with width greater than distance between pads, but I doubt such specimen even exist. More than one manufacturer offers 140mm 6-bolt rotors, ranging from affordable (KCNC, Ashima, Avid) to not-so (Carbon-Ti). I think you shouldn't worry about that.
To add weight for said above, my road bike has ST-RS785 shifters, BR-RS685 calipers, 140mm KCNC Razor rear disc and Avid HS-1 140mm front disc. In two years I didn't experience any issues caused by discs.