miKe mcKoffee wrote:Be an interesting trick with direct plumbed rotary.

You'd just need a Flojet-type device with greater pressure than your plumbed-in line .

By the way, you are controlling the water pressure in your plumbed-in line, I hope...

miKe mcKoffee wrote:BTW, do you think Debi will notice a slightly different espresso machine on the counter No, she doesn't know yet Based on our previous twenty-five years married I'll think I'll live.

That's hilarious...nah, it blends right in. Luckily, you got a machine that looks just like Silvia...

Balthazar_B wrote:By the way, you are controlling the water pressure in your plumbed-in line, I hope...

No.... When talking with Chris about the Bric' purchase I told him exactly what I had already plumbed, 1/4" copper with needle valves above and below counter. He said all I'd need is clean cut end on the line and slide right into the quick connect he'd supply.

Also I mentioned my 7grain water hardness and not having water softener, (I haven't been adjusting for Silvia and tastes great to me, just descaled her every 6 months or so as a preventative measure), and he said it's not really a problem, HX easy to descale.

After dialing in surf and go a bit via Thermofilter, just pulled a simply marvelous ristretto. Deeper darker crema than PID Silvia, and I think I'm starting to get it clarity wise! Don't know how much attributable to HX or E61 or rotary (or power of suggestion) but that may have been the best shot I've ever pulled at my house. Thermofilter says excellent intrashot BTW, didn't record actual numbers, but definitely better than boiler PID only Silvia. Be interesting to compare after further mods to Silvia.

I am not dissapointed!

(Even though a surfless dual boiler possibly still in the future, but I doubt I'll settle for any vibe model now. )