Here's mine.
Anthem's new electronics have some pretty cool VU meters. They're mesmerizing in use:
I always liked the original Squeezebox VU meters too:
I'd love to see and hear one of these:
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Martin
The ticking is important. You need that, because once it's gone, once you no longer hear it, you are probably dead.... the cacophony of ticking noises, besides.
I gotta have one of those,As to McIntosh, they really do try to press every last dollar out of that VU meter fetish. Cheap at $1,800.
That is so KOOL, what a item for a vintage collector.1975 Heathkit AA-1640 power amp (a "Franken-kit" once available based upon a combination design of surplus parts from a G.A.S. Ampzilla and Marantz 510M...however: it is a serious hunk of a tank moreso than those two and similar-era Dynaco):
IMO, those were the glory days of audio. Sure, it was all analog, but for your dollar you could buy something, almost anything, that performed exceptionally well, and was really nice to look at. Although I admit that loudspeakers are generally a lot better today, than what was sold back then.I used to have one of these in a full Pioneer rack system: TX-9800 tuner, SPEC-1 preamp, SG-9800 equaliizer, SPEC-2 amplifier.
Always wanted one of these: Pioneer SX-1280
Martin