how to wire VU meter on amplifier?

[milen007]

hi there

i need on wiring the vu meter aleph-x
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=250362103720

is this just parallel to the speaker binding post? or need some kind or voltage divider?

my speaker is 8 ohm

thx for the help

erwin

[hifimaker]

That meter is hilarious! The Chinese must be ripping off Nelson in high style to have to make clone meters.

There's a chance these are current meters like in Nelson's X amps. Wouldn't VU meters have their indicator arms resting to the left side when off? These seem to sit at the midpoint to show current in one direction or the other.

-David

[Netlist]

Best to wire it between the + and - of the power supply.
The higher the voltage, the nicer the swing of the meter.

[gl]

Speaking as an Aleph-X owner I must admit that it seems strange looking at these things sitting there up for sale. How many of us owners would want such a distraction? I sure don't. How many of us would even know how to make it do anything useful? I sure don't. How many of us are going to buy these? I sure won't.

Graeme

[jackinnj]

I note that the seller has multiple, multiple positives from the same entities -- all for baby sleepwear.

[milen007]

Originally posted by Netlist
Best to wire it between the + and - of the power supply.
The higher the voltage, the nicer the swing of the meter.

hi Netlist

is it on primary or secondary side of the power supply?

hi all

when i buy this thing to fun, i got no idea if this is fake or not. we get what we pay for. if this is fake one then certainly wont last or maybe wont work. we will know when i received it

plus i am new to diy. hence anything thats fake or not i dont know of it. i do not even know how much aleph-x stuff worth that at this price its consider fake. i just know that those meter looks like an old amp indicator for music is playing without the need to hook up the speaker. hence i jump on the bid and its cheap. i wont lose my sleep if i toast it tho. there is also some wima caps 20pcs for only $2 starting bid. is this consider fake as well? who knows.

thx for the help guys and happy listening

[poynton]

Originally posted by jackinnj
I note that the seller has multiple, multiple positives from the same entities -- all for baby sleepwear.

I believe some Chineese vendors have very large extended families - hence the need to sell large quantities of babyware.

It has nothing to do with boosting vendor ratings usingbogus sales.

Andy

[Netlist]

milen,

I was joking. If you hook it up as I said you will fry it.
Seriously, ask the seller. If he doesn't know, don't buy it.

/Hugo

[milen007]

hi Netlist

lol though you are serious. thx tho for the reply

[Steerpike]

I don't see any way this meter could be useful for audio, with its "centre-zero" design - other than as a tuning meter.

There were some Philips portable record player in the 1960s - when stereo was a new thing - that had left/right meters on them to tell you visually which channel most sound was comming from! Hardly useful.

The ad give no indication whatsoever of its FSD current, so you don't know if its in the region of microamps or amps - that makes it impossible to predict how it could be used.