McIntosh MPM4000 Power Meter Review

[Holmz]

Not saying that I don't love eye candy of all kinds, I certainly do. I wouldn't go out of my way for VU meters though, and if implementing them in typically lower cost gear increased the selling price, I would wonder why.

I absolutely get why premium priced gear should have those extra tasty treats incorporated into their designs, but budget friendly gear? I guess if the price increase was modest why not.

Are you in marketing?

If one is trying to convey quality and emulate quality gear, the a VU meter is pretty much needed.

 

[A Surfer]

Are you in marketing?

If one is trying to convey quality and emulate quality gear, the a VU meter is pretty much needed.

I don't think what I said was that deep really. If I'm getting this type of reaction I probably should be in marketing.

 

[Holmz]

I don't think what I said was that deep really. If I'm getting this type of reaction I probably should be in marketing.

Sorry - It was sarcasm.

The meter doesn’t improve the product, but a lot of commercial equipment had that for the recording and playback side.
So it became a symbol of professionalism to have the meter.

 

[A Surfer]

Sorry - It was sarcasm.

The meter doesn’t improve the product, but a lot of commercial equipment had that for the recording and playback side.
So it became a symbol of professionalism to have the meter.

Lol, I can at times be sarcasm impaired. Reading your post back, now I see it.

 

[EJ3]

I can't help but think that really VU meters are unlikely to be very useful even if calibrated. I suspect that they are more eye candy than anything.

But WONDERFUL eye candy!

 

[Holmz]

Lol, I can at times be sarcasm impaired. Reading your post back, now I see it.

The safest bet to look for sarcasm in every post of mine.
(Sometimes I forget though.)

 

[Carl-Fosi Audio]

I have the Fosi. Only for switching ...and fun.
I'd like to have same sort switcher for my HF rigs & antennas.
(Needles could have different purpose, of course)

What is HF rigs & antennas?

 

[EJ3]

Many native English speakers call a group of things that work together to do something a "rig" (a stereo is a group of things that work together to reproduce sound [voice and/or music] {like speakers, an amp, a turntable, a DAC, an AM/FM receiver: would be an example of a group of things that work together to make stereo music}.
If you have more than "rig" one, you might want to switch between it's different parts or different "rigs" (in this case stereo systems).
An example of another different type of "rig" would be:
a device or piece of equipment designed for a particular purpose

Example: a lighting rig

So that would be a "rig".

If you have AM or FM radio (or stereo) or use Blue Tooth (a radio, like a walkie-talkie) for pieces of the stereo or computer to communicate with each other, there needs to be antenna's to transmit and/or receive the radio waves.
In radio engineering, an antenna (American English) or aerial (British English) is an electronic device that converts an alternating electric current into radio waves (transmitting), or radio waves into an electric current (receiving).

Electronic symbol
Type	Transducer
Working principle	Radio waves
Inventor	Heinrich Hertz
Invention year	1886; 139 years ago

An automobile's whip antenna, a common example of an omnidirectional antenna

Bluetooth antenna

I hope that this helps.

 

[Carl-Fosi Audio]

I have the Fosi. Only for switching ...and fun.
I'd like to have same sort switcher for my HF rigs & antennas.
(Needles could have different purpose, of course)

What is HF rigs & antennas?

Many native English speakers call a group of things that work together to do something a "rig" (a stereo is a group of things that work together to reproduce sound [voice and/or music] {like speakers, an amp, a turntable, a DAC, an AM/FM receiver: would be an example of a group of things that work together to make stereo music}.
If you have more than "rig" one, you might want to switch between it's different parts or different "rigs" (in this case stereo systems).
An example of another different type of "rig" would be:
a device or piece of equipment designed for a particular purpose

Example: a lighting rig

So that would be a "rig".

If you have AM or FM radio (or stereo) or use Blue Tooth (a radio, like a walkie-talkie) for pieces of the stereo or computer to communicate with each other, there needs to be antenna's to transmit and/or receive the radio waves.
In radio engineering, an antenna (American English) or aerial (British English) is an electronic device that converts an alternating electric current into radio waves (transmitting), or radio waves into an electric current (receiving).

Electronic symbol
Type	Transducer
Working principle	Radio waves
Inventor	Heinrich Hertz
Invention year	1886; 139 years ago

An automobile's whip antenna, a common example of an omnidirectional antenna
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Bluetooth antenna

I hope that this helps.

Thank you, yes this helps, seems Sernyl want to a switcher before the amp.