Moving coil meter: where to buy?

Thoru · 31st December 2005, 11:15 AM

Hi,

I was wondering where you people obtain your moving coil meters for vu, power, etc 'measerument' purposes. I just want to include two (left&right) power meters and one temp meter on the front of my amplifier, but I can' t find any moving coil meters. Well, I did find some, but they are either ugly and sealed or I've to order 1k pieces of them. Then they are custom machined, hence beautifull, but I need only three

.
I think I only need the moving coil+needle itself, then I can make my own backplane for it. (Seems Passlabs does the same thing and that looks very neat).

Thanks in advance,

Remco Poelstra

acenovelty · 2nd January 2006, 10:37 PM

http://www.sifam.com/meters_home.lasso

Primo meters, and you pay for it. Quality? The best.

Thoru · 2nd January 2006, 11:02 PM

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.
Seems to be what I was looking for. Hope the scales can be replaced, but they at least have a distributor around the corner, so I should be able to get them.

Remco Poelstra

Pjotr · 3rd January 2006, 04:18 PM

Hi Remco,

Sifam is good quality and their meters last for life but these are expensive (around 60 eu). It is not in your area but in The Hague there is a surplus store called Radio Twenthe. It has many nice old stock moving coil panel meters for cheap incl VU-meters and several cheap Japanese VU-meters as found in old tape recorders. No electronic surplus store in Eindhoven?

Cheers

Thoru · 3rd January 2006, 04:28 PM

Hi,

Thanks for the tip. I can travel free by train, so The Hague shoudn't be a problem

. I don't know any surplus stores in Eindhoven, only Display/Coditronix. But, well, you now them, expensive and quite small assortment.
If I can check the meters in the store, then I can see whether I might be able te replace the backplane in order to convert the thing to a power meter

Remco Poelstra

31st December 2005, 11:15 AM	#1
Thoru diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Eindhoven	Moving coil meter: where to buy? Hi, I was wondering where you people obtain your moving coil meters for vu, power, etc 'measerument' purposes. I just want to include two (left&right) power meters and one temp meter on the front of my amplifier, but I can' t find any moving coil meters. Well, I did find some, but they are either ugly and sealed or I've to order 1k pieces of them. Then they are custom machined, hence beautifull, but I need only three . I think I only need the moving coil+needle itself, then I can make my own backplane for it. (Seems Passlabs does the same thing and that looks very neat). Thanks in advance, Remco Poelstra

2nd January 2006, 10:37 PM	#2
acenovelty diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: SF Bay Area	http://www.sifam.com/meters_home.lasso Primo meters, and you pay for it. Quality? The best. __________________ Two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.

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2nd January 2006, 11:02 PM	#3
Thoru diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Eindhoven	Hi, Thanks for your reply. Seems to be what I was looking for. Hope the scales can be replaced, but they at least have a distributor around the corner, so I should be able to get them. Remco Poelstra

3rd January 2006, 04:18 PM	#4
Pjotr diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Netherlands	Hi Remco, Sifam is good quality and their meters last for life but these are expensive (around 60 eu). It is not in your area but in The Hague there is a surplus store called Radio Twenthe. It has many nice old stock moving coil panel meters for cheap incl VU-meters and several cheap Japanese VU-meters as found in old tape recorders. No electronic surplus store in Eindhoven? Cheers

3rd January 2006, 04:28 PM	#5
Thoru diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Eindhoven	Hi, Thanks for the tip. I can travel free by train, so The Hague shoudn't be a problem . I don't know any surplus stores in Eindhoven, only Display/Coditronix. But, well, you now them, expensive and quite small assortment. If I can check the meters in the store, then I can see whether I might be able te replace the backplane in order to convert the thing to a power meter Remco Poelstra

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