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<blockquote data-quote="jimmyjames1700" data-source="post: 1728570" data-attributes="member: 558886">Honestly, it&#039;s not going to get any louder buy using a scope to set your gains.&nbsp; In fact, you may find that your gains were too high in the first place by calculating and using a mulitmeter.&nbsp; When you calculate your target voltage and use a DMM to set your gain to that voltage level, you&#039;re disregarding any clipping or distortion which would most likely be shown by the scope.What I am trying to get at here is the fact that you will probably see distortion at a much lower voltage using an O&#039;scope than just arbitrarily setting your gains with calculation/multimeter method.Save your money and just do it the way it was done for years, use your ears.&nbsp; Besides, I don&#039;t know that you could find a decent scope for less than $1,000, at least not a HP or Tektronix or even a FlukeBut if you still want some more info about O&#039;scopes, I would be glad to help out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jimmyjames1700, post: 1728570, member: 558886"] Honestly, it's not going to get any louder buy using a scope to set your gains. In fact, you may find that your gains were too high in the first place by calculating and using a mulitmeter. When you calculate your target voltage and use a DMM to set your gain to that voltage level, you're disregarding any clipping or distortion which would most likely be shown by the scope. What I am trying to get at here is the fact that you will probably see distortion at a much lower voltage using an O'scope than just arbitrarily setting your gains with calculation/multimeter method. Save your money and just do it the way it was done for years, use your ears. Besides, I don't know that you could find a decent scope for less than $1,000, at least not a HP or Tektronix or even a Fluke But if you still want some more info about O'scopes, I would be glad to help out. [/QUOTE]

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