CAT, Amplifier Technologies Inc, SAE Amplifiers
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CES 2017: CAT, Amplifier Technologies Inc, SAE Amplifiers
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Now this is another way to get huge VU meters: use a graphical LCD!
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That's a VU!
That's NOT a VU!
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The measurement the meter displays is not in Volume Units. Therefore, it is not a Volume Unit meter. It is something else.
The VU meter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VU_meter
VU is a name commonly misused for other meter types.
The "meter" displayed might be called a power meter - showing watts, and decibels relative to the maximum output power (which will be a vague guess, since I think I safely can assume the load is indeterminate and unspecified and in the case of a speaker, somewhat variable).
Better yet might be to redesignate it an Output Voltage Meter with appropriate scale markings. The Output Voltage can be accurately measured, independent of the load variation, and a decibel scale could be applied to that reading.
The misnamed "VU" meters on my old Pioneer SX780 show watts and dB. Interestingly, they show lots of watts even when no speakers (load) are attached and no power (current is zero) is being generated. This is surely at the root of my general dissatisfaction of flashy meters.
A somewhat scholarly discussion of VU - http://www.aes.org/aeshc/pdf/mcknight_qa-on-the-svi-6.pdf
The VU meter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VU_meter
VU is a name commonly misused for other meter types.
The "meter" displayed might be called a power meter - showing watts, and decibels relative to the maximum output power (which will be a vague guess, since I think I safely can assume the load is indeterminate and unspecified and in the case of a speaker, somewhat variable).
Better yet might be to redesignate it an Output Voltage Meter with appropriate scale markings. The Output Voltage can be accurately measured, independent of the load variation, and a decibel scale could be applied to that reading.
The misnamed "VU" meters on my old Pioneer SX780 show watts and dB. Interestingly, they show lots of watts even when no speakers (load) are attached and no power (current is zero) is being generated. This is surely at the root of my general dissatisfaction of flashy meters.
A somewhat scholarly discussion of VU - http://www.aes.org/aeshc/pdf/mcknight_qa-on-the-svi-6.pdf
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SAE AHP-D amp in question has a programmable display that can show many items. I have not read the manual but seen it showing spectrum, etc. So "no doubt" VU is one of them! 
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