Which Oscilloscope?

[Umbra]

I've got some gift card credit at Newegg. I'm convinced I'll continue to worry about my current setup and any future setups without checking everything with an oscilloscope. They carry a few small ones. I hear "DSO" and "Nano" around here a lot, but multiple items have these in the title.

As far as making sure nothing's clipping, which of these should I get:

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[Umbra]

I realized that a lot of them were the same thing, just sold by different sellers and stuck into different categories.

Here's one that's on Newegg too, but I like Amazon's layout for presentation:

DSO Nano Pocket-Sized Oscilloscope: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

I know very little about oscilloscopes, but would this and the range it measures be acceptable for car audio usage?

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

you dont need a scope. use Method 2 and 3, theyll work fine. and yes, i do have a scope too, its a Velleman hps10...

Gain Settings

heres what clipping sounds like. scroll down to "Test tones clipped" and click on "1000Hz" under the big yellow warning. turn your speakers down first. a clipped tone has a metallic, buzz kinda sound to it...

Why Too Little Power will NOT blow Your Speakers

heres some tones for gain setting...

Realm of Excursion

 

[Umbra]

Thanks for the references.

I set it like ear by that prior to your posting. I also went ahead and ordered one anyway, I think before you posted and it arrived much sooner than expected.

The way I had it set by ear was pretty accurate, it wasn't clipping, it was a tad under, but I could've turned it up a bit more. I ended up bringing the bass boost down from 12db to 0 and upping the input sensitivity from 2 to 0.5 using the oscilloscope.

The only thing I haven't quite figured out yet is how to test the RCA outputs for the head unit, but I'll look into that tomorrow.

 

[Sub Woofin 10+ year member]

I realized that a lot of them were the same thing, just sold by different sellers and stuck into different categories.
Here's one that's on Newegg too, but I like Amazon's layout for presentation:

DSO Nano Pocket-Sized Oscilloscope: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

I know very little about oscilloscopes, but would this and the range it measures be acceptable for car audio usage?

i have that exact same one. it works great for what you plan on doing with your audio