I agree. I set my budget and then lowered and spread it over a few more items. I think the problem is that an oscilloscope is the "coolest" piece of TE, and it is really tempting to overexpend on it. I just came to the conclusion that a nicer PSU, good AWG, and a bench DMM would be much more useful (paired with a lower end scope) than blowing all the budget on the 2000X-HD. A generally balanced lab is much more pleasant and efficient to use, in my experience.
€400 is a lot of money for a hobby, indeed, but my point was that, when you have enough, if a ~15% difference or so makes you feel bad about the purchase, you are probably outside of your expenditure confort range. That's my case at least.
For professional use the picture is completely different OFC.