Allow me as a still almost outsider to talk about what I saw here, in particular in this thread, but also to some degree generally.
I personally have an almost brutally pragmatic approach. Example: I don't ask or even care which instrument, let alone which brand, is "the best". I rather try to find out what the "best" for me and within a certain budget, "best" meaning some numbers (like WUR, Samplerate, etc), sure, but at least as importantly, (ideally all) the features I need.
LeCroy fell out of my scope (as in "what I looked at") for one simple reason: no MSO, at least not with a reasonable budget. Side note: I have a certain lab structure, mainly based on recognizing that there simply is no "perfect scope" and that I need to define a few kinds of tasks and then find the scope for those tasks, e.g. a "versatile bread and butter everyday scope" vs a higher end analysis scope.
One factor that I felt making it particularly difficult, also here, and well visible in this very thread here, is the "mine is superior to yours" also appearing in the form of "Brand X is the true/best instrument, period" but also in the form of "a scope without feature xyz is basically worthless".
But I also, not learned, but found again what I take to be human kinks out of control, e.g. a 10000+ post "heavyweight" in all seriousness putting some Rigol crap, uhm, stuff right next to professional quality gear.
And I also found (and disclose right away that I'm a fan) Wuerstchenhund who, the way I see it, is not trying to "sell" LeCroy scopes but likes them and seems to be on a (laudable) mission to remind the community that there is A-brand life outside of Tektronix and Agilent (pardon me, but I refuse to play their "use the most current name" game). And he seems to be a very knowledgeable man with plenty experience in the TME world - but, of bloody course, some seem to be incapable to let a brand they don't care about or simply dislike for whatever reason enjoying a bit light. It seems almost as if some reflex forced them to hit on any attempt by Wuerstechenhund.
I myself developed kind of a somewhat weak spot for LeCroy scopes but got seriously pi__ed off by their, so it seems, "we don't give a flying f_ck about small customers!" attitude. So, all in all, I'm certainly not a warrior for LeCroy. But one should be able to recognize and accept that they did some things damn right and/or well (e.g. their probe interface continuity).
Somewhat similarly I hear people over and over again say that Tektronix digital scopes are slow as snails - while a certain gentleman from down under seemed to almost have an orgasm when he introduced the new 2000 thingy.
Would it maybe be possible to (possibly in another and/or new thread) get reasonable and moderate, concrete experience based info on the Tek TDS7000 series, preferably without some Rigol fan taking a dump?
I'm asking because I wonder how the Wavepro 7300 and the Tek TDS7254 compare.
Sidenote: yes I've heard it, Tek digital scopes are snails - but is that really also true for kind of (former) high-end scopes? And, if so, how bad is it? I'm asking because such a scope, for me, would not be my everyday, go to scope but my north of 500 MHz (i.e. only occasionally used) and analysis scope, so while snail speed would not be OK, "cow with a lame leg" slow would be OK and with a max budget of about 4k or 5k for such a beast I'd not be a beggar but neither can I expect too much.
And no, I don't feel bad about possibly derailing this thread because a) it's pretty much dead anyway, and b) my point is not off-topic (WP 7300 is within topic I guess).
Thanks and have a nice sunday