If you could provide evidence that there's better quality gear available for less then that argument might carry some weight. But nobody has been able to provide this yet. Also what about component quality? Are the Chinese brands using AEC-Q200 grade MLCC's and resistors? There's loads of 30+ yr old R&S gear still in use and working fine. Can the same be said for Rigol and all the other Asian gear?
I'm very satisfied (and so are my customers) with the reliability and capability of the Asian brand I sell.
If I wasn't I'd have moved to another brand years ago.
I've owned and used a few A brand bits of older gear and there's no way I'd still want to be using 30 yr old equipment such are the features that new gear offers.
Based on the comments I'm hearing on this thread, it's beginning to seem that some folks may have vested interests in gear from other brands.
Some of us do and are happy to put our gear against all comers in the same class, especially to those that seem to be wearing blinkers.
My intention of starting this thread was to get feedback from other R&S owners. But it seems that instead I've attracted supporters of competitive gear.
Because specs don't lie and recent gear to the marketplace offers far better bang for buck.
I'm new to scopes altogether, but with my research over the last couple of days ...........
Days ?
Some of us have been into test gear for decades and you choose to ignore all the advice offered ?
Don't get me wrong, R&S is a perfectly reputable brand and yet they make design mistakes like any other.