What Test Equipment Do You Have On Your Bench??

[ultra-lo-fi]

Hi Guys,
I'm new around here-Hello

I'm in the process of setting up a new proper workspace, and I was wondering what test gear you Guys have on your Bench?????
Meters>Digital and/or Analog? Anyone still use a VTVM?
Scopes?
Function Generators?
Power Supplys?
Distortion Analyzers?
Spectrum Analyzer (anyone???)

I would like to get a high impedance analog meter, don't want a VTVM, to much mucking around.
Any recommendations???

I have heard somewhere that Unigor analog meters are good??

[till]

Sorry, i´m not the one with 30 years experience and 100k€ in equipment, what i have:

PC, can do some spectrum analyzing and THD measurement etc. in Audio frequency.

A Pic programmer (diy), Jtag adapter, TI

A bench power supply from the 1960s, heavy and germanium

a DMM, Metex ~ 100€

A cheap soldering station ersa (need a better one)

a CD player

a Signal Generator using 2* XR-2206, diy (look for tan-005.pdf)

A Tek 7904 with 2* 7A16A, 7A16, 7B80
A Tek 7313 with 7A18, 7A12 and 7B53A

A UB802 with measurement mic ECM8000

loads of little boxes with thousands of small parts..

what i would like to have :
a better soldering station
a 7A22, 7D15, 7D13
additional bench power supply

[Frank Berry]

Mine has a Weller soldering station, a low voltage (0-25 v.d.c.) tracking power supply, a high voltage (0-400 v.d.c.) power supply,
Fluke Multimeter, Sound Technology audio generator and stereo analyzer, Tektronix model 492 spectrum analyzer and most importantly:
A DVD player, an HH Scott model 299C amplifier, Advent Loudspeakers and JBL subwoofer.

[SY]

Very basic stuff. I'd like to have some of that fancy equipment, but I get by reasonably well with a 100MHz analog scope, an old Simpson 260 VOM, Fluke DVM, a home-made HV probe, HP 200A sine generator, a cheap chip function generator, software-based pulse/toneburst generator, software-based spectrum analyzer, various power supplies, and a million clip-leads. My only luxury is a HP waveform analyzer, but that's not mine, it's on loan from John Curl.

For speaker work, all the above plus Speaker Workshop with a Jig II, and a modified Panasonic electret mike. I used IMP for many years, but I've finally retired it

Outside of the HP waveform analyzer, my total investment is less than a pair of medium grade (by audiophile standards) speaker cables.

[Bill Fitzpatrick]

Leader 8063 60Mhz Dual Trace Scope
H-P 204C Oscillator
H-P 3310B Function Generator
(2) H-P 400EL ACMillivoltmeters
H-P 334A Harmonic Distortion Analyzer
Leader LMV89 Dual Channel ACMillivoltmeter
H-P 4260 LCR Bridge
BK 1650 Dual Tracking Power Supply
Exact 124 Function Generator;sweepable/burstable
VOM
BK Digital Capacitance Meter
BK 162 Transistor & FET tester
Calculator
Variac
Prototyping Boards
Pana-Vise
250W, Non-Inductive Test Loads
1 Pair Monitor Speakers
Many bins/drawers of parts & tools
Computer

[Bricolo]

- DMM Velleman DVM68 (with crappy fuses thatblow all the time, and you have to dismount everything to change them )
- Tektronix 2232 2*100MHz scope
- basic function generator
- Ersa MS6000 soldering station


For those who use computer based softwares, can you specifi which ones?

[Sch3mat1c]

Tek 475 scope
B&K Precision 3026 5MHz function generator
2 x RadioShank DMMs
Eico 377 signal generator (not used in lieu of the B&K )
Heathkit VTVM (also laying around, but I have messed with some things that it could measure which the DMM's can't)
+/- 14-18V 2-4A bench power supply (18V open circuit, 14V under full load; 4A available on one polarity if other is unloaded; 2A both under load; 36V + to - output.)
That's really about it, besides the breadboards and spare parts.

Tim

[transducer]

Originally posted by SY
I used IMP for many years, but I've finally retired it

Why did you retire the IMP? I bought the last one available, and never regretted it. I have SoundEasy (anything but!) but I love my IMP/M ( has the MLS option). I run it off an old 486 laptop. Now if only I could get Xopt to work with the files, I'd be happy. I just don't need the power or complexity of SE, a basic crossover optimizer like Xopt would be really cool.

RonS

[SY]

Why did you retire the IMP?

Convenience and MLS capability. My IMP was the original impulse-only model.

[transducer]

Originally posted by SY


Convenience and MLS capability. My IMP was the original impulse-only model.

Yes, I couldn't live without the MLS capability (well, I could but it's sure darn useful!)

If by convenience you mean not needing an external "black box" there is something to be said for that. But the ability to use mic calibration files and also to calibrate out the driving amplifier is very useful.

RonS