A quick background.
I had previously spent my fair share of time in observatories and looking through a few telescopes. As an adult I FINALLY got a 6" Dob that I can view some distant objects with. It was exciting that first time I accidentally came across the Orion Nebula. That moment was awesome. Nothing compared to the goosebumps I got in the hot sun when a coworker allowed me to look through the eyepiece of his Coronado PST for the first time. I had NEVER seen anything like that. The detail in the sun was very impressive.
I watched the price on that telescope inexplicably increase and never come back down. I did my research. I waited years! Finally I decided to plunk down the cash for the Lunt LS50THa. I got the B600 filter because I wanted to be able to take pictures at some point.
I spent about an hour today with a clear sky tracking the sun. (I'm working on saving for a better tripod and mount.) So far... I am not feeling the $1,000 worth of a view I was hoping for. I could BARELY make out ANY detail the surface. When I could, it was only visible in one or two areas. There was a dark areas on what to me as I faced the sun setting on the West top right and bottom left. But it did not appear at all like what I saw through the much cheaper PST. I HOPE its something I am doing wrong. I tried a variety of different eyepieces.
I hope it gets better.