Don't need advice but just wanted to post thank you to everyone for participating on these forums and helping me with my decision.
I have currently super-automatic Gaggia Synchrony that is still working but coffee that comes out is just not acceptable anymore. We pulled over 18,000 shots through it in last 6-7 years and machine really with regular cleaning and descaling performed fantastic. We don't drink much coffee

but are consistently at it.
So I was on search and destroy ( my wallet) mission for new machine but super-auto will not cut it anymore. I ordered first Gaggia Classic and Vario but since they were out of stock at WLL and I kept on reading here I canceled that and splurged on Alexia.
My thinking was that I am after consistency. It does not have to be god shot every time, but good consistent is name of the game. I just can't fiddle with things too much early in the morning. I don't steam much milk, in last 6-7 years I probably steamed milk less than 50 times. So after reading review here which was very helpful I decide to spend more since every single time in past when I bought something cheaper I just spent more money upgrading so...
I ordered Alexia+PID and Vario combo. Considering how much we drink I thought I could stomach paying almost $2K for this

I hope I will be able to pull consistent shots with this combo in the morning after some practice. I mainly based this decision on review here so big thank you and hope my decision process helps someone in same position...