[QUOTE=MuntiNZ;578856]LOL blardy hell mate look at the price diff!!!!
185 grand US for a Planewave CDk700 direct drive
http://www.planewave.com/index.php?page=1&id0=6&id=0!!!


No, the Ascension models. I think they are $13,000 or $15,000 and a new PME is $14,500 so they are comparable.
But I am not 100% sure they are the same technology you mentioned - direct drive. One of the Ascension models
has high accuracy encoders coupled direct to the axes drive so perhaps this is the same thing as ASA?
Also here is another link to a thread of someone asking the same question about ASA mounts:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/A...a/message/2325
You get the impression the smaller mount was more troublesome. Also that the mounts
are being refined and sorted out as time goes along.
All those mounts you mentioned are great. I think if you have the money for it the
PME or AP1200 would be the go. The Ascension mounts from Planewave and the DDM mounts Not sure
of the weight capacity of the ASA's) from ASA are a competitor to these. Also Micron make mounts
that you often see Europeans use over a PME.
Greg.