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Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration
      04/03/09 07:13 PM

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

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Bill

LX90-ACF 8"

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* New LX90(s) - declination vibration Satisfied 06/04/08 07:41 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration kjay   07/05/09 05:45 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration rmollise   06/06/08 09:34 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Satisfied   06/11/08 11:17 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration WolfgangG   08/07/08 06:01 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration rmollise   08/07/08 09:18 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Rick Woods   08/07/08 11:40 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Brooklyn   08/07/08 07:17 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration rmollise   08/07/08 06:21 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Kolenka   08/07/08 12:46 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Satisfied   09/25/08 04:08 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration DarthNebula   12/05/08 09:05 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration rmollise   12/05/08 10:00 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration DarthNebula   12/05/08 02:34 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Kenn1   12/20/08 04:16 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration WolfgangG   08/07/08 12:39 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration rmollise   08/07/08 06:23 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration WolfgangG   03/29/09 11:41 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration rmollise   03/29/09 08:22 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration WolfgangG   08/04/09 03:34 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Hermit   08/16/09 02:13 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Bamccoy   04/03/09 07:13 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration brianb11213   04/04/09 04:20 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Nick Cook   04/04/09 04:02 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Rick Woods   08/07/08 01:35 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Joe Lalumia   08/07/08 12:19 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Joe Lalumia   06/04/08 09:55 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Brooklyn   08/07/08 07:07 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Kolenka   08/07/08 07:22 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Brooklyn   08/07/08 07:49 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration JoadModerator   08/07/08 09:10 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Brooklyn   08/08/08 01:57 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Kolenka   08/08/08 02:52 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Brooklyn   08/08/08 06:04 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Joe Lalumia   08/08/08 10:12 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Satisfied   08/08/08 12:10 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration WolfgangG   09/21/08 12:46 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Joseph Gillman   08/07/08 07:18 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Joseph Gillman   06/04/08 10:14 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Satisfied   06/05/08 11:13 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Joseph Gillman   06/05/08 11:49 AM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Satisfied   06/05/08 12:26 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Satisfied   06/05/08 12:42 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Joseph Gillman   06/05/08 01:54 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Satisfied   06/05/08 02:17 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Joseph Gillman   06/05/08 02:34 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Satisfied   06/05/08 10:51 PM
. * Re: New LX90(s) - declination vibration Joseph Gillman   06/06/08 12:56 AM

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