I’m new to the forum and wanted to share some info.

I received my new LX-90 8” a couple of weeks ago and the few nice nights have proved it a good buy. I almost didn’t buy the Meade when I stumbled on all the vibration issues.

I checked with several large dealers and they said Meade had corrected the issues but never disclosed the root cause to Dealers or customers. I liked the small Meade better than the CPC 800 but that’s just me. So far I’ve had no vibration issues and everything has been very smooth at every different elevation while tracking. Just thought I’d throw it out there for anyone on the fence like I was.

I also read posts talking about how hard the bigger scopes were to get centered. I’m not sure when but the new tripod has a spring that keeps the mounting bolt elevated making mounting / centering the scope a breeze. It springs into place if you don’t quite have it centered but at least you hear it going up into the bottom of the mount.

Bill