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I guess once you get past carrying capacity (a EQ6 or maybe Vixen Sphinx SXD) then your paying for goto (say $1,500) and tracking (P.E.), and its the PE where things get really expensive (easily $1,500 - $5,000) in the same weight class as above.
I guess to get the PE good enough for longer duration astrophotography the machining and materials have to be par excellence - and that is what you're paying for.
Reading abit folk that buy a CGE for its surperb design, ruggness and carrying capacity eventually leave it for of all things a Astro Physics 1200 (at probably twice the cost for 4 times better PE). Folk that buy a G11 have to watch out for load imbalances that cause motor burn outs - but little else, They seem to graduate to Titans.
Folk that buy TAKs or Vixen Atlux's never seem to leave them - tells a story huh?
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