New high quality alignment equipment is great, but for custom alignments, it means NOTHING without a good tech behind it. Give me an experienced tech who understands performance alignment with a 20-year old *calibrated* rack over the latest greatest technology and some tech who doesn't understand how or why to adjust something outside of the "green" any day!
I know that both of the shops we're talking about have great techs, I'm just sayin'... it's not the equipment that's hard to find, it's the expertise. That's what makes these guys worth more than the average tire shop alignment.