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Permalink Reply by Keith Eckert on August 3, 2011 at 9:40am

 @Keith - good thought, Musica is a great little machine. Hopefully, the others are a bit more quite as the musica pump is fairly loud and the preinfusion doesn't have the best control as I think you may be able to get with the others, as with the gs/3. Great info on the grinder, will check those out as well, thank you!

 

Haven't gotten hands on the newest Vibiemme yet, but should have it in stock soon and I will get an idea a pump noise compared to the Alex Duetto.  The Alex (both the HX and Duetto) can have some rattles, usually from the warming tray on top.  For the top tray, this is usually because of the rubber bumpers it rests on need adjusting or a saucer is touching the side. Other than that, it is a relatively quiet machine compared to a vibratory pump machine.  If noise is a huge concern, best of luck finding a silent grinder, lol. 

 

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Permalink Reply by Matt Galyon on August 8, 2011 at 5:53am

Both of those machines are great.  The GS/3 has always been regarded as the holy grail of home espresso machines.  You'll be happy with either machine.  

You'll definitely have more control with the GS/3.  It gives you programmable pre-infusion and in comparison to the Duetto II's PID controls (with increments of 1 F) the GS/3's PID controls down to .1 F.

 

Cheers!

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Permalink Reply by Jackson Ball on August 8, 2011 at 7:50am

I think you were referring to the gs3(?). If so, the MP model uses the steam boiler pressure for p/i(when using the tank). I'm not certain how the volumetric model works.

 

@ Matt - Not that it makes much difference, but the GS/3 controls temp in .3* F increments.

 

~j

Brady said:

As I understand it, if you run tank configuration there is no line pressure and therefore no user-controlled pre-infusion. Doesn't that kinda defeat the purpose of going with a manual-preinfusion machine?

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Permalink Reply by Matt Galyon on August 9, 2011 at 5:37am

Sorry, you're right, I double checked and the temp increments are ±0.3° F.

 

I was referring to the volumetric model when referencing the programmable pre-infusion.  

 

Cheers,

 

matt

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Permalink Reply by Ted Field on August 10, 2011 at 8:42am

Wanted to thank everyone who responded!! This has been the best experience in my first posting and have gained an unbelievable amount of knowledge and advise. I now have other machines to look at and do some more comparison. Haven't made a decision yet but closer than I was at the beginning..... Thank you!!

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