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Indeed Fred.. Real world results from end users are required on any big ticket item I think... If we hadn't seen a million beautiful shots from the PME or the AP mounts we wouldn't sing their praises.. There are plenty of fine examples of 10min unguided images from the PME at moderate (sub 1500mm) focal lengths.. That right there is reason enough to consider them a serious serious bit of equipment.. As yet I've seen nothing but a short video of an ASA mount slewing about at a ridiculous rate and the product spec sheet... Neither of which would encourage me to touch the mount with a 10ft pole... And as you say, their customer support regarding some of the issues with the newtonian astrograph scopes was very poor, even somewhat non-existent... Whilst some people are getting tremendous results from the scopes, as it is with so many products... One negative report weighs in heavier than 10 good ones...
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