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Should I replace my Siglent SDS2014X Plus oscilloscope with SDS3014X HD?
Sercan:
--- Quote from: ebastler on March 15, 2024, 07:02:17 am ---Frankly, I think you are asking the wrong question. "Please give me some reasons to buy a new scope. (Again, less than a year after I got my current one.)" ::)
I would suggest that you focus on actually using your current equipment for a while. If you should run into resolution limitations (which the enhanced resolution mode in the X plus cannot work around), start thinking about a 12-bit scope. By the time you will also have learnt more about other features that are important to you, to guide your selection of a new scope.
EDIT: Oh, in case you cannot resist eventually: Get out the tape measure before you buy a 3000X HD (or a 2000 for that matter)! It's a bit taller than the X plus, and looking at the photo in your opening post, I am not sure it will fit into the current shelf space.
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Okay, let's imagine you're a traveler with your car. Perhaps you already own a regular car. However, there's also the possibility of acquiring an F-segment car, such as a Mercedes S-Class or similar.
You can't fully exploit its speed potential on everyday streets. Nonetheless, on the German Autobahn (with no speed limit), you could unleash its capabilities, placing your trust in its performance.
In my situation, even though I'm not an F1 racer, I still enjoy the benefits of driving like any other driver, and I have complete confidence in the car's abilities, even at high speeds.
I am just a traveler with my car... 8)
thephil:
I guess it depends.
In a totally unrelated discussion about chainsaws, I once saw a comment that said "If your saw has never been too small, it is too big.". I think there is some truth to this. On the other hand, an important part of the electronics hobby is playing with test gear. From that perspective, an upgrade can make sense, and I am certainly guilty of owning plenty of stuff I technically don't need.
Antonio90:
--- Quote from: Sercan on March 15, 2024, 11:34:12 am ---
--- Quote from: ebastler on March 15, 2024, 07:02:17 am ---Frankly, I think you are asking the wrong question. "Please give me some reasons to buy a new scope. (Again, less than a year after I got my current one.)" ::)
I would suggest that you focus on actually using your current equipment for a while. If you should run into resolution limitations (which the enhanced resolution mode in the X plus cannot work around), start thinking about a 12-bit scope. By the time you will also have learnt more about other features that are important to you, to guide your selection of a new scope.
EDIT: Oh, in case you cannot resist eventually: Get out the tape measure before you buy a 3000X HD (or a 2000 for that matter)! It's a bit taller than the X plus, and looking at the photo in your opening post, I am not sure it will fit into the current shelf space.
--- End quote ---
Okay, let's imagine you're a traveler with your car. Perhaps you already own a regular car. However, there's also the possibility of acquiring an F-segment car, such as a Mercedes S-Class or similar.
You can't fully exploit its speed potential on everyday streets. Nonetheless, on the German Autobahn (with no speed limit), you could unleash its capabilities, placing your trust in its performance.
In my situation, even though I'm not an F1 racer, I still enjoy the benefits of driving like any other driver, and I have complete confidence in the car's abilities, even at high speeds.
I am just a traveler with my car... 8)
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We are talking a bit about luxury then. I honestly think the 2000X-HD is the top hobbyist general purpose oscilloscope, it is already quite a "luxurious" tool, or way better than necessary but still nice to have.
To take full advantage of the 3000X-HD you need (pretty expensive) probing solutions. I don't think it is a good buy for someone whose budget is actually the oscilloscope's price.
That being said, there are hobbyists that buy professional stuff way over their needed level. IE, tens of thousands on road bicycles, festool track saws, fishing or hunting equipment, Hilti drills, handmade luthier instruments, etc. I, myself, have tools with capabilities way over my skill level on quite a few areas.
Still, I wouldn't go over the 2000X-HD, as it seems to me it would only be nicer, and not actually more useful, but that's just me, it's a decision only you can make.
EDIT: that's probably a bit of an arbitrary limit, but when a scope needs higher spending on accesories than on itself, it's out of the question, for me. But, as a matter of fact, many of us are spoiled, having everything necessary for living, all the tools needed for our jobs and, on top of all that, an additional fully featured workspace just for pleasure.
So the difference is quantitative. Qualitatively speaking, it's all luxury anyway. I just think setting oneself limits is actually quite healthy.
tautech:
--- Quote from: thephil on March 15, 2024, 11:44:39 am ---I guess it depends.
In a totally unrelated discussion about chainsaws, I once saw a comment that said "If your saw has never been too small, it is too big.". I think there is some truth to this. On the other hand, an important part of the electronics hobby is playing with test gear. From that perspective, an upgrade can make sense, and I am certainly guilty of owning plenty of stuff I technically don't need.
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Yawns :=\
Just 3 main saws in my stable and they each shine in one way or another…….a bit like scopes. :P
Antonio90:
--- Quote from: tautech on March 15, 2024, 12:17:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: thephil on March 15, 2024, 11:44:39 am ---I guess it depends.
In a totally unrelated discussion about chainsaws, I once saw a comment that said "If your saw has never been too small, it is too big.". I think there is some truth to this. On the other hand, an important part of the electronics hobby is playing with test gear. From that perspective, an upgrade can make sense, and I am certainly guilty of owning plenty of stuff I technically don't need.
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Yawns :=\
Just 3 main saws in my stable and they each shine in one way or another…….a bit like scopes. :P
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Yeah, the right tool for the job is a sound mindset. But the 800-3000X-HD series from Siglent are all subsets of each higher model, AFAIK, all general purpose, and each subsequent scope a strict upgrade over the previous one (unless the size of the 800 is a plus). So, unless the 3000X-HD is sluggish or less useable, the right tool for the job doesn't apply here.
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