im with you, especially for commercial machines, seperate boilers are the way to go! its amazing the demand on steam can suck so much pressure for the groups let alone continual extraction. my old verona could not keep up, it was actually embarrasing. it was an entry level commercial machine but it just couldn't keep up and to know that businesses still run with them . now the roma with seperate boilers for each group and full temperature control, wow, just wow.

the little lx with its 3D5 maestro deluxe group head (the same as my roma) is fine for home use and what i want out of it and the pricing i get, under 2 grand delivered to my door its a steal!