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Going back to the article... the author says the C6 gives approximately the same visual as a 4.5'' APO. If I had to buy one telescope at that price I would go with a https://www.firstlightoptics.com/bresser-telescopes/bresser-messier-ar-152l-1200-refractor-ota.html or even the https://www.firstlightoptics.com/bresser-telescopes/bresser-messier-ar-127l-1200-refractor-ota.html at half the price of the C6... unless I lived under dark skies but in that case I would get a 25cm dobson. Also no mention about the mechanics of the telescope. I am not familiar with the stellarvue SV115T but have you tried to focus a refractor with a 3'' Feathertouch focuser and a Celestron SCT... in the refractor is the focuser moving not the mirror (and the image!)

They got some incredible results indeed and I would have been very happy if I achieved a small fraction of what they achieved. The very first night I set up the Tak I took a picture of the Moon just for fun... (https://www.astrobin.com/full/305115/0/?nc=pieroc&real=&mod=) ... I was gobsmacked. I did not get anything near with the 9.25 in the previous 20 years no matter how much I tried. I know well Damian Peach did incredible things with his 9.25 so my admiration goes to him. Whatever I do observing and imaging in particular, for me the Tak makes it so easy compared to the SCT... Tak owners should be prosecuted for cheating!

When I started being interested in astronomy in the 80s, reflectors were the only way to go. Achromatic refractors were very very expensive (yes I had to rely only on parents and relatives donations!). However after many years of me not using my SCT as taking too long to cool down, tricky to collimate, but frankly mainly heavy bulky and time consuming to set up I have bought a Tak FC-100D and for me there is no going back, unless of course I will move to a site with dark skies where I can put an observatory. All I see around me are people selling their SCTs and keeping their APOs...