[sparky]

Cheapest possible toaster oven + cheap multimeter thermocouple for manual temperature control + {paste flux, solder paste+stencil} works better than you'd think for soldering BGAs. Even honest-to-goodness reflow ovens can be had on eBay for $300-$400 (search "T962"), which would give you another one or two nines of reliability by circulating the air and having more precise temperature control.

Schmartboard also makes 1.0mm pitch BGA adapter boards, but a lot of the high-end stuff these days is moving to 0.8/0.5/0.4mm pitch. Of course, for those kinds of things, the extra parasitics of an adapter board are probably a no-no in any case.

[lgeek]

For prototyping you can also solder BGAs with any hot air rework station. Even if you don't already have one, Atten 858D only costs around $60. Here's an example (not my video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8EWqWj2srg