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 ...

Once a mainstay of every station, the reel-to-reel recorder is now a mystery to some people. While most radio stations are fully digital now, there are still a few limited (often forgotten) parts of ...

While high-fidelity audio has come a long way in the past several decades, a lot of modern stereo equipment is still missing out on some of the old analog meters that were common on amplifiers and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. One thing teenagers love is playing loud music. Another ...

Fig. 1: Note the 3 dB difference in left- and right-channel levels shown by the console VU meters in this photo of announcer Pete Vukelich in the studio of WWWI Radio in Baxter, Minn. Yes, we are in ...

Juergen Grau has once again returned to Kickstarter to launch his Nixie IN-28 Dot tubes VU-Meter, under the Make 100 banner allowing those interested to help create a small production one of 100 units ...

Editor's note: If you're like us and can't bear to part with that crusty old (but magnificent) analog meter, David Ashton offers everything you want to know about these gems in this three-part series: ...

Before starting Techaeris, I didn’t think too much about headphones, like many people I just picked up a pair of cheap buds and went about my day. It wasn’t until I started testing headphones of ...

Digital and analog worlds continue to collide as Cambridge Audio announced that it has extended the retro-cool digital VU meter update that its Evo streaming amplifiers are getting today to its ...

One of the coolest things any sound system can have is some kind of musical visualization. Thumping level meters that pump with the volume are a great example, and were particularly popular in the ...