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Christmas in April...

2003-04-09 by Markk :-)

ahhhh, what a great day it is... I rec'd my cables today !!! :-) and along side that box was another one... it contained a pair of Encore Electronic Event Generators... ahhh what bliss... now I will be getting a couple of shipments from Paul in the next few weeks or so... it's like Christmas all month... !!!

Small quiz for all that "build" their own modules... do you own an oscilloscope ?? Paul has been recommending ones for me, (thanks for the help Paul :-)) but man... kind of expensive... although, I did find a B&K Precision 100mhz, brand new on sale for $899.00 down from $1599.00, seems like a good buy... Paul recommends no less than 50mhz for a "good" scope...

http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/b+k%20precision/2190b.htm

http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/b+k%20precision/2160a.htm

also a 60mhz version, for $789.00 down from $1099.00

pretty obvious which one has the better savings... $700.00 off of the 100mhz !

a 2190b If it seems like a great investment that will last me 20 years, I will just get it instead of the Tek 2235 that is 15 years old...

;

ok, everyone bombard me with opinions... thanks

Markk

Markk II Studios / Digital Nightmare Productions
"You can never have too many synthesizers..."

RE: [motm] Christmas in April...

2003-04-09 by Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)

I'm not sure there's a reason to buy a new oscilliscope for analog synth work. Get a used on off eBay-- you'll save a grand! (New oscilliscopes are overkill, anyway.)

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From: Markk :-) [mailto:markk2studios@...]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 2:44 PM
To: MOTM
Subject: [motm] Christmas in April...

Small quiz for all that "build" their own modules... do you own an oscilloscope ?? Paul has been recommending ones for me, (thanks for the help Paul :-)) but man... kind of expensive... although, I did find a B&K Precision 100mhz, brand new on sale for $899.00 down from $1599.00, seems like a good buy... Paul recommends no less than 50mhz for a "good" scope...

Re: Christmas in April...

2003-04-09 by mate_stubb

A used dual trace, 50 MHz scope is plenty. B&K and Leader are decent 
brands for analog audio work. HP is a step up. You do want dual 
trace, however.

Moe

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wrote:
> I'm not sure there's a reason to buy a new oscilliscope for analog 
synth work.  Get a used on off eBay-- you'll save a grand!  (New 
oscilliscopes are overkill, anyway.)
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Markk :-) [mailto:markk2studios@c...]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 2:44 PM
> To: MOTM
> Subject: [motm] Christmas in April...
> 
> 
>  
>      Small quiz for all that "build" their own modules... do you 
own an oscilloscope ?? Paul has been recommending ones for me, 
(thanks for the help Paul :-)) but man... kind of expensive... 
although, I did find a B&K Precision 100mhz, brand new on sale for 
$899.00 down from $1599.00, seems like a good buy... Paul recommends 
no less than 50mhz for a "good" scope...

Re: [motm] Re: Christmas in April...

2003-04-09 by Robert van der Kamp

On Wednesday 09 April 2003 23:55, mate_stubb wrote:
> A used dual trace, 50 MHz scope is plenty. B&K and Leader
> are decent brands for analog audio work. HP is a step up.
> You do want dual trace, however.

Dual trace? Does that mean it will show up to two waveforms?

- Robert (who never touched an oscilliscope)

RE: [motm] Re: Christmas in April...

2003-04-09 by Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)

Yes, with two trace leads.  To differentiate between the two, you can adjust a Y-axis-offset, so one shows on the upper half, and the other on the lower half.  Or just let them run all over each other.  :)

--PBr

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From: Robert van der Kamp [mailto:robnet@...]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 3:05 PM
To: motm@yahoogroups.com
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On Wednesday 09 April 2003 23:55, mate_stubb wrote:
> A used dual trace, 50 MHz scope is plenty. B&K and Leader
> are decent brands for analog audio work. HP is a step up.
> You do want dual trace, however.

Dual trace? Does that mean it will show up to two waveforms?

Re: [motm] Christmas in April...

2003-04-09 by groovyshaman@snet.net

Hi Markk.

I have an old 100Mhz Tek 7603 mainframe scope I picked up at Hoss Traders (a
HAM "festival") last year.  It was like 10x cheaper than that new B&K, and
about 80x cheaper that it sold for back in the early 80s!  What's also cool is
all of the different modules you can find for it on evilbay (although you can
never be sure what you're getting on there).  The only downside is that it's a
workbench hog.  Oh, and it's not very mobile.  But it sure works nice and looks
the part.

Man, I wish I had some spare $$$ for some of those Encore UEGs (or a MOTM uSeq
for that matter!).

Cheers,
George

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  From: Markk :-)
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  Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 5:44 PM
  Subject: [motm] Christmas in April...


  <chuckle>

      ahhhh, what a great day it is... I rec'd my cables today !!!  :-) and
along side that box was another one... it contained a pair of Encore Electronic
Event Generators... ahhh what bliss... now I will be getting a couple of
shipments from Paul in the next few weeks or so... it's like Christmas all
month... !!!

      Small quiz for all that "build" their own modules... do you own an
oscilloscope ?? Paul has been recommending ones for me, (thanks for the help
Paul :-)) but man... kind of expensive... although, I did find a B&K Precision
100mhz, brand new on sale for $899.00 down from $1599.00, seems like a good
buy... Paul recommends no less than 50mhz for a "good" scope...

  http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/b+k%20precision/2190b.htm

  http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/b+k%20precision/2160a.htm

  also a 60mhz version, for $789.00 down from $1099.00

  pretty obvious which one has the better savings... $700.00 off of the 100mhz
!

  a 2190b If it seems like a great investment that will last me 20 years, I
will just get it instead of the Tek 2235 that is 15 years old...

  ok, everyone bombard me with opinions...  thanks

  Markk


  Markk II Studios / Digital Nightmare Productions
  "You can never have too many synthesizers..."

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Re: [motm] Christmas in April...

2003-04-10 by Scott Evans, Gen Mgr

The scope I use is a Tek 465b off of e*bay for $200. Dual trace, 200mhz, 
works great. I don't subscribe to the "20 mhz is enough" idea. Audio 
circuits have been known to oscillate at RF frequencies. How can you see 
it if you don't have a 100mhz or better scope? My $.02

Scott
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Markk :-) wrote:

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> <chuckle>
>  
>     ahhhh, what a great day it is... I rec'd my cables today !!!  :-) 
> and along side that box was another one... it contained a pair of Encore 
> Electronic Event Generators... ahhh what bliss... now I will be getting 
> a couple of shipments from Paul in the next few weeks or so... it's like 
> Christmas all month... !!!
>  
>     Small quiz for all that "build" their own modules... do you own an 
> oscilloscope ?? Paul has been recommending ones for me, (thanks for the 
> help Paul :-)) but man... kind of expensive... although, I did find a 
> B&K Precision 100mhz, brand new on sale for $899.00 down from $1599.00, 
> seems like a good buy... Paul recommends no less than 50mhz for a "good" 
> scope...
>  
> http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/b+k%20precision/2190b.htm
>  
> http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/b+k%20precision/2160a.htm
>  
> also a 60mhz version, for $789.00 down from $1099.00
>  
> pretty obvious which one has the better savings... $700.00 off of the 
> 100mhz !
>  
> a 2190b If it seems like a great investment that will last me 20 years, 
> I will just get it instead of the Tek 2235 that is 15 years old...
>  
> ok, everyone bombard me with opinions...  thanks
>  
> Markk
>  
>  
> Markk II Studios / Digital Nightmare Productions
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