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British audio experts Meters Music’s new Cubed speaker system is unashamedly cool, due not just to the minimalist design, but mainly because of the working volume unit (VU) meter built into the body ...

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A new consumer audio brand has launched this morning. Meters Music is the offspring of Ashdown Engineering, which makes amplifiers for some of the world's most popular musical acts, including Foo ...

An analog VU (volume unit) meter is a splendid moving-coil measuring instrument. It is a passive electromechanical device displaying a representation of the signal level in an audio equipment. Even ...

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Weston type 30, model 862 vu indicator with ‘B’ scale on RCA OP-6 portable amplifier. A Daven resistor network reduced the output from +11 dBm to telco-required +8 for 3 dB line isolation, sent the ...

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It's the brainchild of Ashdown Engineering, which makes amplifiers for some of the world's biggest musicians. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

VU is an abbreviation for volume unit. Thus, a VU meter is a device for measuring the level of sound intensity with audio equipment, such as amplifiers and tape recorders. Although the measurements ...