Sorry about that...I thought they did.

Al
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [M]: Re: Need more info on 10" LX-200...


> Company 7 doesn't sell Meade products.
>
> John Ruthroff
>
> Al wrote:
>
> > There's only one way to insure that you get a scope with really good
> > optics...test is first. Since you can't do that, buy your scope from
> > Company 7 and let them test it for you. Of course there is an extra
charge
> > for this...but it's worth the expense.
> >
> > Al
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 6:53 PM
> > Subject: [M]: Need more info on 10" LX-200...
> >
> > > Another question I would like to get some opinions on...
> > >
> > > I've seen many references on this board to the idea that some Meade
10"
> > SCTs
> > > are "great ones", while others aren't as good. Here's my question:
forget
> > > the electronics/drives/etc. - if someone, say, orders a 10" LX-200
from
> > > whatever mail order company, and upon arrival and setup, the scope is
then
> > > re-collimated by the new owner to a good degree, is the scope gonna
> > perform
> > > as well as any other Meade 10" LX-200 that is obtained from other
places?
> > >
> > > Hmmm. Maybe a better way to ask this is this: are there manufacturing
and
> > > quality variances in these OPTs that exist that will cause varying
levels
> > of
> > > performance, assuming excellent collimation for all of them? Does the
> > > vendor play a role in this?
> > >
> > > Like I said, I've gotten the impression from reading posts here that
> > > sometimes you get a really, really good 10" Meade, and sometimes you
just
> > > get an average one. Is there any way to avoid this, and to insure
that
> > when
> > > you get a 10", it's as good as you can expect? Is it a crapshoot? If
you
> > > collimate well, are they all the same? And, if this is discussed
> > somewhere
> > > in the archives, my apologies, and I'll go look there.
> > >
> > > Thanks, Doug
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

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