NEOHIPO ET30 VU Meter Speaker Switcher Review

[rybking]

Hi! Could anyone please advise a similar device but without a level meter? I just need a reliable speaker switcher with a remote control to compare some gear.
Tried to find something on Amazon, but can't be sure if it doesn't affect signal

 

[dualazmak]

You all bunch of noobs, if you really want to VU-meter your system, don't waste your time in minimalist decoration and go the @dualazmak way

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Multi-Channel, Multi-Amplifier Audio System Using Software Crossover and Multichannel-DAC

Why would this thread not be pinned?

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PS: which also shows that in a multichannel system it can be even useful

Haha! @dualazmak you are awesome!

Hello @MCH and @Holdt,
Thank you for your kind reference to my efforts and enjoyment regarding the DIY-ed 12-VU-Meter Array of IEC 60268-17 compatibility.
The glass face size of the IEC 60268-17 compatible VU meter, NISHIZAWA R-65, I use in the 12-VU-Meter Array is W100 mm x H41 mm, which is larger than 80 x 45 mm of NEOHIPO ET30 VU and 60 x 35 mm of Duok VU3.


Hello @amirm,
Thank you indeed for your wonderful review on NEOHIPO ET30; I still do not know the face of ET30 VU meter is glass or acrylic plastic, would you kindly let us know which?

So beautiful!

Looks really big VU meters. And there is no any impact on the setups.

Hello @Kimbrough Xu,
If you are kindly referring to my DIY-ed 12-VU-Meter Array, I thank you for your message. NISHIZAWA R-65 is really nice true-glass-face large (W111 mm x H77 mm) VU meter with very beautiful and uniform warm 2700K LED lighting/illumination.

And, yes, "there is no any impact on the setups" which is/was one of the important and critical conditions in my DIY design of the 12-VU-Meter Array as I intensively shared here.

 

[OldTimer]

You all bunch of noobs, if you really want to VU-meter your system, don't waste your time in minimalist decoration and go the @dualazmak way

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Multi-Channel, Multi-Amplifier Audio System Using Software Crossover and Multichannel-DAC

Why would this thread not be pinned?

audiosciencereview.com

PS: which also shows that in a multichannel system it can be even useful

What a pro

 

[thewas]

Shame only it is not standard 43 cm Hifi component width, I guess I am already too old for this audio market.

 

[Deleted member 48726]

Shame only it is not standard 43 cm Hifi component width, I guess I am already too old for this audio market.

Exactly. If it was 43 cm. std. I'd buy it to stand on top of my amplifier. Shame really, as it checks all the boxes.

 

[CMB]

I am a little bit confused here about human rationality too .
Does music sound better with VU-meters?

Everyone here so far seems happy to spend USD 160 + for 2 dancing needles in front of an colored light. How rational or objective is that?
What is the benefit? Besides a feedback on output, which I guess you could have much cheaper.

I’ll light a xmas candle instead (I know i am cheap).

Enjoy and have fun anyway,

 

[Deleted member 48726]

I am a little bit confused here about human rationality too .
Does music sound better with VU-meters?

Everyone here so far seems happy to spend USD 160 + for 2 dancing needles in front of an colored light. How rational or objective is that?
What is the benefit? Besides a feedback on output, which I guess you could have much cheaper.

I’ll light a xmas candle instead (I know i am cheap).

Enjoy and have fun anyway,

I like VU meters. Otherwise it's just my toes that're moving and that's rarely in tune with the music.

 

[olieb]

Does music sound better with VU-meters?

Well "hearing" is complicated. The psychoacoustic enjoyment certainly can be improved by VU-meters or a pair of felt slippers in December or a high price badge on the amp for some people respectively. Take your pick.
The sound will not be different of course.

 

[TonyJZX]

VU Meters is a bit of a meme here and just about everywhere

$160 for this is kind of... up there?

ok you can switch speakers but a simple switchbox is a cheap item in reality

BUT VU meters cost money to make if they are good... the motor assm. and calibration on good ones... the lighting, the bouncing logic, the GLASS.... never underestimate the cost of a good sheet of clear glass.

just ask McIntosh

i admit my main amp has VU meters and its one of those almost mandatory items for a high end piece (according to me, not to anyone with any sense)

i play some music, like to see the bounce

 

[AaronJ]

I’m very happy to be seeing these types of products reviewed here. Thanks for taking the time for them.

How long until Cheapaudioman adds an affiliate link for this?

 

[AudioSceptic]

Now we need to find a real useful and good to look at Spectrum Analyzer. Thonman used to have one no longer offered.

You could always use one on a smartphone or tablet, or do you mean one wired to the speaker cables?

 

[dasdoing]

So the Mic on the front is a light which when on means the microphone in the back is driving the display levels rather than line levels on the speakers. So an SPL driven mode apparently. You could use that and not even connect it to anything else I suppose.

so we can use that input and have a SINAD of ∞

 

[KxDx]

Set the LEDs for blue and put a McIntosh label on it!

 

[milosz]

This thing is silly.

 

[Mulder]

Do I understand it correctly - can this device be used for connecting two different amplifiers to the same speakers?

 

[CMB]

Set the LEDs for blue and put a McIntosh label on it!

Someone posted a color show on youtube for it.
It seems a dark blue light is available :

 

[computer-audiophile]

I have mA meters on my SET amplifiers that display the quiescent current. This allows me to see whether the output tube is in a reasonable operating state. That gives me a good feeling. I no longer need fidgety VU meters. They used to be necessary when I was still making tape recordings.

 

[rolfrander]

Do I understand it correctly - can this device be used for connecting two different amplifiers to the same speakers?

yes, or to different speakers to the same amplifier, or to sets of speakers to two different amps. The point would be to easily compare different setups or to have different setups based on program material. Compared to simpler implementations of the same idea, this one has a remote control, which is nice. The VU-meter is just for show and nostalgia.

 

[telemike]

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[dualazmak]

Edit: Ballistic specifications for IEC 60268-17 compatible VU meters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VU_meter#Reference_level