A LOT of it depends on the person imaging.
Take Richard Muhlack. Humble scopes, modded DSLR, Chinese mounts, and turns out fantastic images. Same with Justin Tilbrook.
Or you can spend a small fortune, and still be collimating it 4 months later... (where is that whistling emoticon Mike uses when you need it).
A craftsman never blames his tools. A craftsman knows how to make the best of what he has.
I am not completely satisfied yet. Spent $5k on a scope that I cannot YET see any improvement over my old FL102S - YET. It might come, it may never come, and I am only a rank amateur, no where near a craftsman in any respect.
The FL102S was my sweet spot - I could do a lot with it. The Takahashi is wonderful, but... yes, I have regrets as odd as that sounds! I believe in things that are just meant to be.
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