I PIDed my Silvia as well. Seems to work well, though my heat exchange machine w/o a PID seemed to make better espresso (at several times the cost). These days

I PIDed my Silvia as well. Seems to work well, though my heat exchange machine w/o a PID seemed to make better espresso (at several times the cost). These days my schedule has me leaving early so the machine is gathering dust in the garage. When I was in Seattle this spring I made a tour of Vivace, Victrola, et al. Really fantastic stuff going on there. Here in the bay area everyone seems to like sour notes. I feel I beat out all the local shops with my home setup. Schomer definitely beats me out, though.