Originally posted by 3223303836353C33510 link=1241427441/0#0 date=1241427441
I was in a very similar boat - and with some ringing around and a great special from Cosmorex I picked up an HX Diadema Reale & Macap M4, plus a few extras for a fair slug under $3k - and cant be happier! Ive used a number of fully auto machines, which are all in the $1500 range, and small manual machines, and they all work OK for 12 months, then toss it all in.
This HX style of machine is all steel, brass and petrified wood - Im always happy to pay the extra to get something I can hang on to! And they even make beautiful coffee too! The grinder is also the goods - clean, quiet and precise.
Im in Tim the Toolman (wired on espresso) heaven! :P
Happy hunting!
DBC



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