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I believe the biggest problem is that there are certain people (and i'm not trying to be insulting) that are gear snobs, and if you start insisting anything could come close to comparing to their top end, 3 times as expensive gear, they're going to step in real quick to defend their purchase and the reason they spent so much more money.

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There is certainly some of this attitude in the discussions that get out of control, but the other position that is taken up is almost a reverse "gear snob" . . . Why would you waste your money on X when Y is just as good and only costs 1/3 the price.

Maybe it is not the intent of the poster, but I can see how the owners of the premium equipment feel like they are being called stupid for wasting their money.

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--Jason

"I am the victim of a series of accidents, as are we all." --Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Intes-Micro MN66 with Moonlight CR1 focuser
TeleVue 102
PST
Unistar Deluxe with TeleVue Sky Tour
CG-5 ASGT (quieted and tuned-up by Trapezium Telescopes & Services)
10" Orion Dob
WO 66 SD (stays in my truck for spontaneous observing sessions)
15x70 Oberwerk Binos

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