Andy,
I have some thoughts and suggestions.
1) Upgrade your guiding software to PHD2 as this also shows the signal to noise ratio of the guide star. It also has a number of other options that make it well worthwhile.
2) It is not clear from your screen shots which is which, however, I can see far more stars in the first image.
3) As someone else pointed out the program will adjust the display so that what you are seeing may not reflect what the program is seeing and the brighter stars are going to look similar.
4) The extra sensitivity is only going to be significant when you move to longer focal lengths and you are imaging in an area with few if any bright stars suitable for guiding.
Regards
Paul
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Originally Posted by Andy01
Hi folks,
I picked up a 2nd hand Lodestar X2 last week. http://www.sxccd.com/lodestar-x2-autoguider
Thought I'd test it's upgraded sensitivity by comparing it to my Original Lodestar.
Have to say I was underwhelmed by the result. From the photos here the original (first image) appears to be more sensitive! 
Has anyone else experienced this?
Do I maybe need to update drivers or something? (I use a mac) 
Thoughts?
Cheers
Andy |