Right I should also have suggested - get a dimmer for your kitchen lighting

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Post deleted, did not answer your question. Dave

Yup, here in North America, more is always better

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Sure, but it is useful in keeping my mind occupied while my machine warms up. Also, in bringing the discussion out of the features/benefits debate and back to the OPs question,( The apparently diminishing appreciation of perfectly good and proven hx machines) and in teasing out what's going on (chan...

I think the answer was contained within the original question, and my question was sort of rhetorical, but what I meant was if ALL other aspects were equal, what would happen? Tegees post addresses it (as does Ty's) - in his case the price gap in otherwise equivalent machines narrowed to the point t...

No, they only "need" to be rated for the application. I assume you are referring mostly to the 600v rating, which is unusual in the US. Amperage ratings are typically about the amount of metal conducting electricity and heat management (related) and voltage ratings are about space between conductors...

Halfway through a pound of the Trebilcock Nicaraguan. {image} When opening the bag was surprised by the very rich aroma, it yelled "hazelnuts", didn't have to think about it. Dialed in easily enough and experimented (it so happened) by offering my 19-year-old son a near-normale of this Nicaraguan, i...

Fun thread. Isn't this question (the original) more about the "price elasticity of demand" than it is it is about technology? As the perceived "higher-end" machine falls in price, it encroaches on the lower end. People are acquisitive, competitive and are encouraged to "chase the ultimate", so they ...