Sexy Power Meters [Archive]

BroonsBane

10-07-2008, 06:43 PM

These are the sexiest meters I have. I've shown you mine, now you show me yours *naughty*

Yamaha MX-2000:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/Graciefloydie/YamahaMX-2000Meters.jpg

Scorpion8

10-07-2008, 07:08 PM

Dang, dats' schweet. Only one piece of my gear has meters. I'll have to post a pic when I get home....

Web Police

10-07-2008, 07:13 PM

The only pictures I have online are one of my Nikko Power Amp.

http://home.earthlink.net/~web-police2/Nikko%20601.jpg
http://x-2000r.angelcities.com/images/TapeHeads_FrontPage/October08.jpg

What a great looking meter, and stack for that matter :)
Is that an Alpha 600?

Acoustic

10-07-2008, 07:35 PM

Sure those were nice but these are my sweeties!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2922721333_bb59ea7a9e.jpg

elroy

10-07-2008, 11:29 PM

the mx 2000 meters weighed in heavily on whether to purchase, I love the big meters.

elroy

MacGyver

10-08-2008, 08:03 AM

i know, it's hardly a contender. still, it's all i have...

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/VSX-D1SPOWERMETERS2.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/VSX-D1SPOWERMETERS.jpg

wrayman

10-08-2008, 08:22 AM

Here's one of my CR-1020...

Web Police

10-08-2008, 08:28 AM

What a great looking meter, and stack for that matter :)
Is that an Alpha 600?

The Power Amp is a Nikko Alpha 600, The preamp is the Nikko Beta 600 and the Tuner is the Nikko Gamma 400. The cassette Deck is a D900 Three Head Deck, that I pretty much got for shipping on ebay since it matched the other components.

I don't believe they made a Gamma 600 tuner as I have never seen one. The Alpha 600 is rated at 180 WPC. I have a friend who has an Nikko Alpha 800 Power Amp, I beleive is rated at 250 WPC and has similar meters. I like the meters on these guys because they are non conventional analog meters.

BroonsBane

10-08-2008, 12:01 PM

The Power Amp is a Nikko Alpha 600, The preamp is the Nikko Beta 600 and the Tuner is the Nikko Gamma 400. The cassette Deck is a D900 Three Head Deck, that I pretty much got for shipping on ebay since it matched the other components.

I don't believe they made a Gamma 600 tuner as I have never seen one. The Alpha 600 is rated at 180 WPC. I have a friend who has an Nikko Alpha 800 Power Amp, I beleive is rated at 250 WPC and has similar meters. I like the meters on these guys because they are non conventional analog meters.

Very cool meters. Are they as functional as they are great looking?
I've always wanted to try one of Nikko's bigger amps but have only got up to a 230 so far.

hifi_nut

10-08-2008, 02:02 PM

Ain´t got no power meters.*no*

BroonsBane

10-08-2008, 02:11 PM

Ain´t got no power meters.*no*

That's ok Jorge, life is still worth living :D

Web Police

10-08-2008, 05:57 PM

Very cool meters. Are they as functional as they are great looking?

Well you can adjust the inputs so you can make the meters swing quite a bit by turning the inputs down and the preamp up. I don't know that they serve much purpose other than for flash though. :-?

It is one great sounding amp, infact I have a Nikko Aplha 400 also that I bought new and it is sweet sounding too however no meters.

Des-Lab

10-08-2008, 06:21 PM

Well the closest thing I have to any of the above is this lightbar "VU Meter".

It's really meant to be more of a visual display item that otherwise serves no real useful purpose. It's completely passive in function and the system can operate it in "bypass" mode with the power turned off. Plus, the settings are somewhat arbritary although inasmuch as the readings are adjustbable, I do have them synchronized to the mixer.

http://x-2000r.angelcities.com/images/tapestuff/LightBarCloseup.JPG

http://x-2000r.angelcities.com/images/tapestuff/Des_Lab_TLS_Bright.JPG
http://x-2000r.angelcities.com/images/tapestuff/Des_Lab_TLS_Dark.JPG

Fast Forward

10-08-2008, 06:36 PM

Meters,,I ain,t got no stinkin meters

Scorpion8

10-08-2008, 06:41 PM

Onkyo A-25 Integrated...... the only gear I have besides some schlep Pioneer receivers w/power meters ...

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p141/Scorpion008/DSCN2520.jpg

braxus

10-08-2008, 08:16 PM

Im pretty much the same as Matt- all I have is the American Audio DB display. But its fun to watch at night.

gamve

10-09-2008, 04:08 AM

What meters? bit of a waste of time when your power amp only puts out 15 watts and you usually only listen to about 6 of em. mind you with 93db at 1 watt efficiency speakers it gets a bit noisy round here at times.

MacGyver

10-09-2008, 10:39 AM

Sorry..........

Scorpion8

10-09-2008, 02:59 PM

oh yes, forgot:

Forgot to check the subject line..... :D Power meters, not tape decks or equalizers. P-O-W-E-R meters.....

Sorry, just had to do that.....

Web Police

10-09-2008, 06:52 PM

P-O-W-E-R meters.....

Damn was getting ready to take pics of my gas meter. :-?

BroonsBane

10-10-2008, 08:33 PM

Damn was getting ready to take pics of my gas meter. :-?

You could always start the thread "Sexy Gas Meters."

BroonsBane

10-11-2008, 08:30 PM

Yamaha P-2200:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/Graciefloydie/YamahaP-2200.jpg

BroonsBane

10-11-2008, 08:43 PM

Rotel RA-1412:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/Graciefloydie/IMG_1769.jpg

Luxman M-02:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/Graciefloydie/LuxmanM-02andRotelRSP-1066a-1.jpg

Sony TA-N77ES:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/Graciefloydie/SonyTA-N77ESlightson-1.jpg

Luxman M-03:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/Graciefloydie/LuxmanM-03meters.jpg

Onkyo M-504:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/Graciefloydie/OnkyoM-504a.jpg

niklasthedolphin

10-12-2008, 02:45 AM

I Wanna join in too with a few suggestions on sexy meters.

http://www.cricklewoodelectronics.com/Cricklewood/image.php?type=T&id=18313

http://koti.mbnet.fi/siliconf/JukkaTolonen/ga/peakmtr/em87.jpg

http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/02/mt_cantar.jpg

http://www.pixelarranger.de/alloy/images/screenshot_dark_alloy_5.jpg

http://cachepe.samedaymusic.com/media/quality,85/brand,sameday/DM-3200_MeterBridge-8f35563c0e237e93d1f25e3627cf76fd.jpg

http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/Radio/swr-meter.jpg

http://www.proaudioeurope.com/assets/images/resized/tsc020_4.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/389390248_920b79d52e.jpg?v=0

http://unknownerror.com/wavemod/images/casevumeter_lores.jpg

http://www.cityfujisawa.ne.jp/~rsekido/audio/RSA-1/Photos/vu.jpg

Enjoy

"dolph"

Fairchild

10-14-2008, 04:00 AM

When I was still running my pair of Sons of Ampzilla, one driving the highs the other driving the lows, they looked like this one.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n43/Virago_1986/son.jpg

Here are a couple I wish I owned, you would need pair of these.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n43/Virago_1986/m-8000.jpg

And one from Nelson Pass.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n43/Virago_1986/T800D.jpg

Jim

BroonsBane

10-14-2008, 07:52 PM

I love Ampzilla meters, very nice Jim.

Fairchild

10-15-2008, 04:51 AM

I miss them, currently running a small Hafler, I have an Adcom 585 waiting it's turn with Echowars, unfortunately no meters, but these Legacy's are hungry, they sound good with lower power amps, but sound better with more power, The GFA 585 is a dual mono block type amp with high current, just what the Doctor ordered.

Jim

390FE

01-24-2009, 07:18 PM

Here is one of a few NOS (New Old Stock) Power Meters I have that I scanned in. Had to back light it with a lamp so the # would show up. Once I figure out how to get a good readable pic that will be allowed to upload of my amps I will post them as well.

3507

Fast Forward

01-24-2009, 07:29 PM

My new Phase Linear

graffias79

01-24-2009, 08:42 PM

My meager contribution. Not an amplifier but it is a level meter.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/graffias79/piometers.jpg

Socal Sam

01-25-2009, 06:04 AM

Yamaha PC2002M.

Does the Marantz scope count? Technically not a meter but it does measure power output. You can't read the power output but the image can indicate stereo separation.