Is buying Agilent DSO7104B for 1950 USD too much ?  - Page 1
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author: electronic_guy
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2025, 07:50:30 pm
content: Hi all,Ebay seller agreed to sell me a working Agilent DSO7104B in good condition for 1950 USD. Is this a good price or too much to pay for this oscilloscope? If it is what’s the price I should haggle with him.Thank you.

author: BILLPOD
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2025, 08:08:05 pm
content: Good Morning Electric Guy, I found a used one for $228 at ValueTronics, here:https://valuetronics.com/products/dso7104b-agilent-digital-oscilloscope-used?variant=49231527149815&gQT=2

author: BennoG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2025, 08:21:48 pm
content: Quote from: BILLPOD on January 30, 2025, 08:08:05 pmThat is the calibration alone you need a quote for the cost of the scope (probably 5 k or so)

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2025, 09:13:25 pm
content: hell of a deal at this price loll

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2025, 09:26:17 pm
content: Quote from: electronic_guy on January 30, 2025, 07:50:30 pmI'd skip this one. This scope is noisy like hell so the traces are super fat and obscuring any detail in a signal. And these are hard to use. Endlessly deep menus which are hard to navigate. I used to own a DSO7104A which is almost the same model and I happily replaced it with a GW Instek GDS-2204E (which I still have and use). And if you just need the bandwidth, there are better deals to be had like a Lecroy Wavepro 7k series.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2025, 09:41:24 pm
content: Price doesn't really make sense as it would probably fetch ~3k on ebay. I only see one sold listed at 4k best offer accepted (jan 21).Are you sure this is not a scam listing?

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2025, 09:47:22 pm
content: The actual best offer price is probably much lower than 4k. Ebay shows the asking price, not the actual selling price for completed best offer listings. IMHO US 1500 to 2000 is a reasonable price IF you actually want to have this oscilloscope. About 10 years ago these scopes would change owners for around the US$ 4k mark (if the seller got lucky) but nowadays the price has to be much lower.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2025, 10:07:48 pm
content: Yeah I know best offer would be less, quite surprised if its 50% less, usually I'd update the listing and see if anyone else was interested instead of accepting a 50% offer.That or it is OP that made that offer and now they are thinking of backing out? But that one is not really "good condition" as it needs some minor repair:https://www.ebay.com/itm/335773157329The only other similar one I found was a MSO7012B 100MHz sold for $1400.

author: KungFuJosh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2025, 10:16:10 pm
content: Even if it's a good price, it's a bad value. Get something newer/better/faster/stronger.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2025, 10:29:23 pm
content: Quote from: KungFuJosh on January 30, 2025, 10:16:10 pmFor sure, but if OP needs 1GHz, you'll have to provide some specific options.Nothing recent would be at that 2k mark, afaik.If OP doesn't need 1GHz they need to outline their specs and budget, instead of just asking widely open questions.

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 31, 2025, 12:56:27 pm
content: all theses TDS DPO ... 7k series have began to show their ages, software is way outdatedif someone snatch then at very low price and no problems i would say good for a starter scope, but if you dig in more complex signals, timings, records length and other thingsInvest already in more modern models, and since some of them are upgradeable at no costs, minus the new probes you need to buy to accommodate the new BW it's a good investmenti use some old turd like tds7254b, tds7404 ... their end are near, we are purchasing the sds7000a series, it was delayed, but it's coming ...even an sds1000x series upgraded at 200Mhz in some cases works better ?near 2k $ nah forget itlike all old TEK, Lecroy or others at some point, troubleshooting them is a nightmare ... parts availability, calibration, maintenance