Hmmm...interesting,
My first upgrade was a down grade
Started with an 8" f5 newt on HEQ5 Pro which drove me slightly insane...newt on eq mount doesn't go IMO so 'Downgraded' to a manual eq with a 6" f8 refractor...ahh now in astro heaven!
Eyepieces is another story. Upgrade all the way with 4 XW's, so far, 2 to go and a bunch of ES's. In the pipeline an Istar refractor
, a 12" dob and....does it ever end?
Matt