Now now, bd... don't poke the frog with a stick. too hard.
Vince is coming around, I think... as he is exposed to better and better gear with a little help from his friends, it's pretty clear that his definition of what actually qualifies as an oscilloscope, etc is also being readjusted a wee bit, and he's realizing that a lot of those units he's been "gonna get round tuit" really aren't worth the "round tuits" they'll cost him.
Remember, I've also had to reevaluate similarly... it's a painful reckoning, to be sure.
mnem
*tinker-tinker... putter-putter*
No not quite.... I didn't say I was seeking "better" and better gear, as in "moder modern and capable "... though it's nice as well.
No I meant I was getting more critical in the sense that my "taste" for OLD stuff is evolving, but it's still old "junk" in the grand scheme of things...
Out of my 40/45 scopes, the vast majority are scopes I REALLY like, and that I am extremely unlikely to ever part with.
Point is, these old scopes aren't plentiful nor cheap. Modern stuff is disposable : want one ? Just spend the money and go on-line to get one, job done, a few clicks away.
Not so with older stuff. So every time I manage to lay my hands on some old piece gear that I like, it makes no sense to sell it later, because it's worth much more to me, as an emotional object, and the history behind it, and the fun I get out of playing with it, the joy of simply being able to look at it in the flesh up close... than the few bucks I could get, if at all, from selling it.
Half of my scopes are the glowing Tek scopes, they aren't going anywhere. A third will be restored, the rest are invaluable as parts mules. Infinitely more useful to me for parts than the few bucks I would get from selling them.
There are only a very few scopes I would be OK to get rid of, and only a couple that I actually WANT to get rid of, because I don't like them and only bought them because they were cheap and I am hoping to make 50 Euros of profit once fixed.
So the plan is to try to contain my scope "collection" / inventory to the current level, possibly lower it a bit by 3 or 4 maybe, but I don't see how it could ever get much lower than that.
All the parts mules are very valuable to me, bang for buck, so the plan I think, what makes most sense, is to keep them all for as long as technically / practically possible, and resort to selling as few as possible of them, only when I really, really need the space for something else. But for now I just keep gathering them.