Picked up the Symbeos deluxe package.
ok... as suspected a lower torque, medium speed motor does way less trauma with the smaller 7's and 11's I use.
I sold my 2 Halos because the motor ran faster and harder than I wanted, and the give system is not very soft at all compared to the pivot give system/cushions.
The pivot slide + #5 motor + 3.4 cam = some soft, efficient, easy as butter shading and color packing.
I ran it around 9 volts with the pivot slide opened up for some soft give and honest to god I never had ink go in so effortlessly.
Blending was easy. Trauma was very minimal. Very smooth machine, quiet and consistent.
The only draw back is the longer than average motor bolt, but was very light and didn't bug me at all...
Great machine. Still would like to buy a second body pivot and a few cams...