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Hi Alex,
Nirvana for visual IMHO is a small 70-80 mm APO on an altaz mount with encoders married to Sky Safari as a push-to setup.
A really nice one for smal scopes that seems to be very overlooked is the Skywatcher AllView - this one tracks and does GOTO as well. Perfect for refractors up to 100mm or small cats up to a C5. I bought one for my 70mm but also realised it is way too small for my larger scopes.
For those with larger aspirations the setup I have now is push-to : a Losmandy AZ8 with encoders, Nexus II and SkySafari. Overkill for my 70mm refractor, but perfect for my larger scopes. No cables or big batteries to trip over. No need for finders either.
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