But: I would not (yet) consider their 6000 and 7000 series as a serious option.
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Could you elaborate why, if you are willing to?
What is making you say so?
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Siniša
Diverse reasons, the main one being that maturity isn't achieved "overnight". With Siglent scopes, I'm talking about the up to 3000 and 5000 series, maturing could be observed and maturity has been reached. That also means and includes practical experience and many details e.g. in, but not limited to production and firmware. But reaching maturity needs time and the experience coming with it.
Also the 80/20 rule plays a major role and that also again translates to time. To put it simply, pretty much any company, and many chinese companies demonstrate that, can design and produce an "80%" scope but it's the remaining 20% that really need time, experience, and major efforts (and money) and one should note that quite a few companies (Owon comes to mind as one example) seem to not even care and to intentionally address and (largely) build for the "80%" market that is, basically kind of nice instruments but with kinks, weaknesses, no or few and late firmware updates, etc.
It's the remaining 20% that make all the difference. With scopes up to 3000/5000 series Siglent IMO
has had the time,
has gained the experience, and
has demonstrated the will to go "the extra mile", in short, became a mature player.
Scopes in the GHz range though is a different breed of beast (also in terms of $$) and while I have no doubt that Siglent will achieve maturity there too I think that one should not underestimate how much time is needed for that.
Also, of course, for a hobby lab the $1000 to $3000 region probably is within range, at least for many, the $10000+ highly likely is not. Plus, reviews and teardowns play a major role in that market and as of now (credible) reviews and good and full teardowns of the high-end series still are rare. To put it bluntly, before I (or most hobbyists) shell out $10000+ (plus active probes which as of now are as few as teardowns and not exactly cheap either) I, at a very minimum want to see some credible reviews from collegues I can take seriously (i.e. e.g. max 1 'lol' per post) and some teardowns.
As I said, I don't have any doubt that Siglent sooner or later will arrive there, but as of now IMO they are not yet really there.
As a side note, that also shows in their active probes. AFAIK a 1 GHz and a 2.5 GHz active probe is all they offer so far (and with very little info/details).
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P.S. What I just wrote also shows in humans and human thinking (or "thinking"). Just one example: IMO for a mature person thinking not just superficially, active probes and >= 1 GHz scopes go hand in hand. After all, what good is a 3 GHz scope without, preferably
good and mature probes? LeCroy, for instance, has quite a few mature, "battle proven" active probes and plenty of info on them.