OK, I really don't understand the first part of your post, . . . .
there's always someone whose knee-jerk response is to "i googled it and found xx amount of reviews"
if i wanted that, i would not have asked here for suggestions.
and yet, still it happened, albeit a tad downward than anticipated.
thanks for the inputs. i have pretty much resigned myself to the Paasche HSSB-22 despite its shortcomings. it will at least provide a good carcass for subsequent improvements should
they be undertaken. on web, it's anywhere from 525$ to 290$ US dollars depending on the source/ supplier.