Amps with VU meters? what to buy?

[newwy]

Yeah, they are really gorgeous.....got to get something with meters on...

 

[davedotco]

This is the amplifier I have coveted the most in recent times....

http://www.redrosemusic.com/model_one.shtml

Sadly I can not find a really good pic.

Thats more like it Dave, 30+ kg per mono , same league as my big boys. Nice lookers too with a bucket full of 6SN7s, stand a fair chance of sounding rather nice.

I have had the opportunity to play with then on occasion and they are one of the few pieces of really rather pricy equipment that really impressed me. I know that, despite their beautiful build, they are, materially, poor value for money but they are so exquisitely voiced that it really did not matter. Difficult to say as there was no opportunity to compare with other amplifiers of a similar price level, but if I have heard a better amplifier I am struggling to think of what it might be.

 

[davedotco]

Double post, twitchy fingers, sorry...

 

[ID.]

Luxman L-507u, but I'd buy it even without the VU meters

 

[tiffany-r]

Mcintosh or Yamaha have just released a great looking retro amp.