[WTB][EU] Siglent SDS2104X Plus or SDS1X04X-E - Page 1
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author: Its wednesday my dudes
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2023, 08:43:47 am
content: Hi,right now I am in the process of deciding what scope to buy. I already ruled out my actually preferred brand Keysight because they are so expensive (maybe a DSOX1204G would have been nice) Rigol I probably wouldn't like because I am an eyecandy whore and I like well designed and polished interfaces. So I settled on getting a Siglent. I *might* be able to get an used Siglent SDS1104X-E for around 350 € and then hack it to a Siglent SDS1204X-E. But actually I'd rather prefer the Siglent SDS2104X Plus a lot. It has a bigger screen and a lot more functionality, upgradeability and probably also usability. But the 1.400 € provide me with some considerable stomach pain. So before spending any money I wanted to ask around, if I can expect some deals for this scope. I just have started monitoring the marked and so I don't know if there are better times then others to buy Siglent stuff. Can I expect black friday or other deals for that scope? Or would a EEV blog user even be happen to sell his?Thanks for the information!

author: Old Printer
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2023, 12:30:34 pm
content: Don't see many late model scopes going cheap, actually not that many for sale at all here. I saw a 2104X plus here for $1000 a while ago and it was gone in an instant. You are going to have to wait a while, if ever, or be very lucky and that's if you were in the US. Other countries seem even tighter, and shipping between countries seems harder than ever.

author: mwb1100
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2023, 10:36:11 pm
content: Quote from: Its wednesday my dudes on April 12, 2023, 08:43:47 amOf course there are no guarantees, but I think if you don't need the gear earlier it wouldn't be a bad idea to see what happens on or around Black Friday. I think a lot of companies start doing deals near the end of the year not only to try to cash in on holiday spending, but also because for a lot of companies performance and bonuses are often tied to annual sales revenue or units sold numbers and what better time than the last month to try to get those numbers over the goal line?I'm sure Tautech will let everyone know about any Siglent deals as soon as he's permitted.And I don't know if this would apply to the EU, but Amazon US has occasionally dropped the price on SDS1104X-E and similar lower-end Siglents. So they might be worth keeping an eye on or setting up a price tracker.

author: StefikMichal
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2023, 11:36:53 am
content: In 400 € range I would choose Rigol rather than Siglent. I've worked with Rigol DS1054Z and also Siglent SDS1102X+ (2 channel version, very similar to the SDS1104X-E) and in my opinion the UI was weird with slow response and also some controls were a little bit confusing. Some time ago I also shortly tried SDS2104X Plus at the demo event and at the first glance it's not worth that money, especially when it's probably your first scope. Same cheap feeling front panel, confusing controls (touchscreen didn't help much at all), etc. You better save that money and maybe buy something else. Yes, Rigol isn't perfect and smooth like Keysight, but you can get a new one around 400 € now (used are cheapers ofc when you are lucky enough) and you can also easily hack it. And when you will find out that you need an upgrade, you can easily sell it and buy better scope.Edit: Typo

author: Its wednesday my dudes
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 17, 2023, 09:52:13 am
content: Thanks for bringing up Rigol again. I was also having a look on the Rigol MSO5074 but I cant help always feeling that the Rigol scope UI always seems really cluttered and unintuitive to me. Kinda seems like a phone book. As much as I try to like the scopes because of their bang for the buck I feel that I probably might regret when using them. Also I read a lot about bugs in Rigols and I couldn't really find recent information about the state of the software on the MSO5074.So after thinking about it, I probably will try to get the used Siglent SDS1104X-E as a first scope. 350€ seems as a good deal. Then I can wait on a deal for more fancy scopes. Or maybe I find myself not even needing them anymore.Buy the way a 'Steff dushane' send me a scam message about some dude named Shaquille having a scope in good condition, the same template like mentioned in some other threads here. I reported the message to the admins, but just in case I also mention it here.