Pretty VU meters...

[alk509]

Got two of these guys from Hoyt about a year ago, for a project that is no more...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/alk509/Set117_04.jpg

The case is plastic and the scale is not transparent, so the light only shines through the bottom, where all the guts are (which I think looks ridiculously cool!)

They were ~60 bucks each, IIRC.

Peace,
Al.

PS: I know the picture is a piece of shite, but I took it with my PDA's crappy camera, so gimme a break!

 

[alk509]

Correction: They were $49 + $12 for the light socket option.

Peace,
Al.

 

[NewYorkDave]

Nice!

Hey, I know Soundguy has been (or at least was) looking for round VU meters... You might wanna drop him a PM and alert him to this thread.

 

[soundguy]

I got some crazy old round ones that have this wierd scale that goes to +6. Those hoyts are pretty cool though.

dave

 

[NewYorkDave]

Crazy old meters with a weird scale... Leeds? :wink:

 

[soundguy]

yeah and I went there in person which just absolutely defies description. If the Khe Sahn Combat Base had an electronic surplus bunker in March of 1968, it might have been more organized than leeds and run by a guy slightly less crazy...

dave

 

[NewYorkDave]

Damn, sounds like a road trip to me :wink:

 

[SSLtech]

Ahhh.............

Skycraft North!!!

:green:

keef

 

[NewYorkDave]

Hey, who's coming to NY for AES next year? We should schedule a Brooklyn field trip and hit up Leeds and Totonno's...

 

[SSLtech]

As long as next year isn;t another hurricane-fest, you can probably count me in! -Last year I couldn;t because my son was due to be born right round AES... wouldn;t have gone down at all well...

This year I'm skipping the AES in "Sam Franks' Disco"...

Keith

 

[NewYorkDave]

Cool. A lot can happen in a year, but I hope to see you there.

I'm also hoping that the AES Historical Committee puts on something at least half as cool as their "When Vinyl Ruled" display of 2000-2001. At last year's AES, they had an "early digital recording" exhibit which didn't seem to attract nearly as much interest.

 

[Scenaria]

dammit

I kept bidding on some of those last year but they were getting to pricey imho :\

 

[Scenaria]

I'll probably be going this year but for certain I'll be at aes when its in NY :green:

 

[Consul]

Hrm, October 7-10, 2005? I might be able to do that.

Is it limited who's allowed to go, or is my money as green as anyone else's?

 

[soundguy]

[quote author="NewYorkDave"]Damn, sounds like a road trip to me :wink:[/quote]

Im totally going to khe sahn, Ive been trying to find someone to go, but nobody seems to share my fascination with the history of that hill.

An fieldtrip to Leeds would be an absolute disaster, it was a nightmare with just me and the crazy guy climbing over all the discarded boxes and junk that litters the bays there. Its in a nice size place, if he threw all the trash away, he could probably fit it in his garage...

dave

 

[Guest]

Is it limited who's allowed to go, or is my money as green as anyone else's?

Money's money as far as they're concerned. There are also usually plenty of passes distributed by manufacturers and retailers, so if you know somebody on that side of the biz you could probably get into the exhibit floor for free. If you want to see any of the seminars, that will cost some $$ though. I usually have 1 or 2 extra passes every show (in NYC) so when the time comes (and if I have 'em), I'll offer them up here.

We should have a Lab night during AES here, preferably someplace that serves a good Guinness! :guinness: :grin:

 

[Consul]

Cool, thanks for the info. I'm definitely interested, when the time comes. Too bad I can't go this year. :sad:

 

[Gold]

[quote author="NewYorkDave"]I'm also hoping that the AES Historical Committee puts on something at least half as cool as their "When Vinyl Ruled" display of 2000-2001. At last year's AES, they had an "early digital recording" exhibit which didn't seem to attract nearly as much interest.[/quote]

Yeah I agree, but i'm biased. I just moved the lathe that was there along with about 15 others from one location to another. More Neumann lathes in one place than anywhere ever. There is 40 years of accumulated "junk" that needs to be sorted through. There will be lots of bits and pieces of interest to the folks here on ebay in the near future. Lots of cool meters. As a small example I ran across about 30 NOS Melcor/MAP 1731's. lots of transformers for tube DIY. The owner hates to throw anything away but he knows he has to.

 

[NewYorkDave]

Hmmm, maybe post it in the "Black Market" and give your pals in the Lab a crack at it before putting it up on evilBay? :wink:

 

[Consul]

Yeah, I know I wouldn't mind a few of those 1731 thingies... :thumb: :guinness: