A-Brands, B-Brands...C,D,E,F,G...
For brands like Tektronix, R&S, Lecroy, Keysight, Yokogawa you pay the name, the quality, for the deacdes of research they spent and finally for the service they offer.
And the prices are in spheres, no "normal" hobbyist could/would afford.
So
for me the consequence was to ignore them...
It makes no sense to compare it with the stuff I could buy for the money I have(for the hobby).
Simply this.
Example my "new" siglent HD scope.
It´s a really good scope "even" for the money it cost(appx 3500€ is not really hobby-price), this I can say about it while I´m working with "bigger" stuff everyday in the company.
But it would never come in my mind to compare it with the 12 bit scope from lecroy we got.
Because it´s simply unfair.
Better compare it to a one which cost near by or similar.
But more and more I got a feeling here in the forum, people expect to get stuff which is comparable to the ones they never can afford.
Because they spend 1000 instead of 500 bucks...
So what, for this money you can´t get even a simple software license from one of the top brands ( better naming IMHO instead A,B..).
And there are people here in the forum, who always argue from the "pro side" - which makes in most cases no sense.
Because we´re talking about stuff hobbyists can afford.