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Is the RiGOL DS1054Z still Dave's choice for under $500?
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james_s:
Whatever you decide to get, check the price on Tequipment, last I heard they still offered a discount for eevblog members. A friend of mine bought the Rigol a couple years ago, I've played around with it a few times and was fairly impressed, it offers a lot of bang for the buck and it's really compact.
JenniferG:

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--- Quote from: JenniferG on November 26, 2022, 03:08:08 am ---So weird, Siglent and "Siglent Technologies" aren't in Wikipedia.  And the Rigol entry has like 2 short paragraphs lol:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIGOL_Technologies

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JenniferG, wikipedia and similar are great places, but they aren’t an oracle :)
You should check opinions about products in topic specific forums like this. Sure, you will read a lot of BS, argues between evangelist, etc. Take your time and “chew” it. For sure if you see again the SDS1104X-E below $400 it’s no brainier. In last 2 years I had this scope for 1 week at the time, and in my opinion it’s awesome scope in this price range, even at $499. One thing what bothered me was annoying, irregular noise coming from the cooling fan.

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I was just wanting to read a little bit about the company and found it odd no one made an entry in wikipedia for it.  Is there any mods which can be done to it to quiet down the fan? Like replace it with a better more silent one?

Btw. does the 2200 series scope for $999 have higher resolution ADC's?  How many does it have? 
bdunham7:

--- Quote from: JenniferG on November 26, 2022, 05:40:58 am ---I was just wanting to read a little bit about the company and found it odd no one made an entry in wikipedia for it.  Is there any mods which can be done to it to quiet down the fan? Like replace it with a better more silent one?

Btw. does the 2200 series scope for $999 have higher resolution ADC's?  How many does it have?

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The fan noise depends a lot on where you put the scope and what is around it.  Some people have put quieter fans in, I personally don't see the point.

I assume you mean the SDS2104X+.  It has dual 2GSa/s 8-bit ADCs but through some simple trickery is able to work in a 10-bit mode with a maximum of 100MHz bandwidth.  The 10-bit mode works pretty well IMO, as can be shown by using the vertical zoom feature. 
JeremyC:

--- Quote ---I was just wanting to read a little bit about the company and found it odd no one made an entry in wikipedia for it.  Is there any mods which can be done to it to quiet down the fan? Like replace it with a better more silent one?

Btw. does the 2200 series scope for $999 have higher resolution ADC's?  How many does it have? 
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I used to work in quiet environment and possibly the noise may be not a problem to others. Some people posted how to improve the fan.

The SDS2000X Plus does have 8bit ADC. The advertises “10 bit mode” applies only to acquisition mode, it’s only marketing trick. In summary you will get only 8 bit vertical resolution.
The 2104x plus it’s big step above the SDS1000X-E series. You can hack it to 500Mhz,
Check this link: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/siglent-sds2000x-plus-hack/
built in 50MHz AWG (simplified, but good enough for Bode plot) generator and much more, etc. If you can spend the $999, it’s no brainier in my opinion, the offer will expire by end of this year.

I'm not an expert, but in my opinion you can trust Siglent no less than Rigol.


JenniferG:
Thanks everyone for all the replies.  Someone on another forum said they recently purchased the Rigol HDO1074.  It's a 12 bit ADC and only $699?  I imagine it can be hacked eventually as well.

If I got the HD01074 instead of the Sigilents mentioned above, what would I be lacking ?  How does the UI and display performance compare between the them?   Seems like 12 bit ADC is a huge upgrade. SIXTEEN times the resolution!
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