[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

FWIW,
i-Optron are now accepting pre-orders for their latest version of the mini-tower. It looks promising. No $$ figures yet but over 1200 seems to be a safe bet.
They seem to genuinely act on feedback & criticism and if their blurbs are to be believed, it represents a big improvement over earlier mounts, so I'm going to take a punt.
Fingers crossed.