The old Magnum Dynalab Etude or FT101's had three cool-looking meters and a digital frequency readout. Not bad a a tuner either.
What I miss about vintage gear
What I miss is the visual experience I had while listening late at night in a dark room. The warm glow of dancing meters goes to the top of the list.
I love the advances and the quality of the latest gear. Being able to select nearly unlimited music from a tablet is wonderful. Sadly for the most part clean bland boxes with a single led power indicator is what I ended up with. Sort of wish that there was a component that I could include that gave this without effecting the sound.
Even been thinking of getting a nice looking tuner to just have powered up although its not gonna really fill that void
I love the advances and the quality of the latest gear. Being able to select nearly unlimited music from a tablet is wonderful. Sadly for the most part clean bland boxes with a single led power indicator is what I ended up with. Sort of wish that there was a component that I could include that gave this without effecting the sound.
Even been thinking of getting a nice looking tuner to just have powered up although its not gonna really fill that void
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So if you really want meters, maybe VU meters that dance to the music would fit the bill. Realistic (Radio Shack) made VU meters -- the APM 100 and APM 200 (demo clip below). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i64E8gbI-Po TEAC VU MB-20 https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-teac-mb-20-meter-bridge-249054297 If you can find them second hand cheaply. Or you could buy an old cassette deck with VU meters and just run a signal into it. |