Vintage meters

stuwee

stuwee

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I love meters, I love gauges, you can never have enough!! Here's a set of 4, three that are just too cool, one is a gimme ugh!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-VINTAGE-N...63?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a4b9aab0b#

I'll edit a link to my Olsen meters that I can't find right now, I loved the movement and looks, think of the 3 Simpsons in a dashboard layout...like temp/water/oil pressure above the amp. They don't have lights so, this would be a daytime fantasy...:happy2:

My Olsen meters, can't find them either, in a box somewhere!! you just wrap the bare wire around the speaker output posts on the amp.
http://forums.phxaudiotape.com/showthread.php/496-Meters?highlight=olsen+meters
 
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Web, I've always liked those Nikko meters, drop dead sexy!! However, the led tower Mark posted has me thinking. I LOVE the look of it! It would match the modern Summits nicely, they have a blue led light bar on top of the woofer cabinets to show when a signal is detected that you can see through the panels (it can be dimmed or switched off). I can put a black cloth over the front on the new SAE monster to block it's light show, It's not like I need to worry about clipping that beast or over driving the speakers for that matter :laughing7:

I'm very sure my partner will love it, and we all know keeping the S/O happy makes life easier!! He's having to put up with very large speakers and soon a big ugly black box (I think they're gorgeous!!) front and center in the living room. That led tower could be the best $280 I've spent so far!!
 
laatsch55 said:
That was each, not a pair wasn't it?
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Each! I thought about getting two but, that might be overkill! I emailed the seller in Slovakia, his english is pretty good but he missed a few key points, I wanted to know if it could be hooked up to an amp with spades or bare wire and not jacked into a laptop like in the video, 2nd email sent, I'm obsessed with this now and got the ok from John who said... "buy it for me, I love it!!"

It's a lot of wires though, and I hate that box...how to hide all that? Maybe a small stand in between the speakers with the toggle/adjustments on it's back panel...
 
On top of the amp.....in all it's glory....plenty of room to hide ugly wires...
 
Nick Danger said:
Nice- looking meters and dig the illuminated input knobs.
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I had to replace the bulbs when I purchased it. Lucky for me I had the preamp so I knew what they should look like. The preamp had it's own problems as the volume control bulb was burned out.
 
MarkWComer said:
But wait... There's more!

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(Whoops- video embed still out to lunch... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUoX9fDibYk)
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Yer a wicked, wicked laddie are yer not? Markthenabler!! I like the frameboard but, the acrylic tower works better for me, I always wanted to be the light DJ in NYC clubs, as a visual artist, I LOVE that shi9t! It looks like this product is marketed for the PC user at first, then 5 minuets into the vid they show a home stereo use...still awaiting an answer to my Q on that
 
If , when you are on u-tube check the column on the right. I was in there for an hour looking at all the LED light towers out there ....I was amazed .....totally Uber cool.....I will have a pair....one on each K-Horn...
 
They can be adapted to come right off the RCA interconnects.....lots of examples out there, you-tube is chock full of em!!
 
AHA!!!! I now see a use for the spare electronic crossover!! 3 LED light towers on top of each K, one for each of the 3 ways, yep, driven by the outputs of the 3 way crossover, tri-amped LED light towers yeah......
 
Lots of plans, and DIY out there....still have a lot of questions...like do you cut your own plexiglass or can ya buy it in any shape, size and thickness ya want??
 
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