McIntosh VU Meter

salesmonster · 30th January 2010, 01:33 PM

I love the blue McIntosh VU meters. I have seen other posts where people have wondered how to duplicate the effect. Last night an idea dawned on me...

A few months ago, my wife and I were at a Parallax gathering and someone was showing a very impressive display of Electroluminescent Wire, a product that had been completely under my radar. We brainstormed a few projects where we could use the stuff but the projects never went any further.

Fast forward to last night. I was on Make magazines website and I saw mention of Electroluminescent Sheets: Electroluminescent papercraft

Has anyone played with this stuff to recreate the effect of the McIntosh meter?

I'm thinking I would need to start with a largish VU meter and then modify it with the EL sheet and probably a thin transparent overlay with the logarithmic power layout. Does anyone have any thoughts?

SM

robert4211 · 9th April 2011, 01:37 AM

I too love the blue McIntosh meters. Hoyt is the meter company Analog Meter | Analog Panel Meter | Inexpensive Meters
Crown also used this meter.

30th January 2010, 01:33 PM	#1
salesmonster diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2007	McIntosh VU Meter I love the blue McIntosh VU meters. I have seen other posts where people have wondered how to duplicate the effect. Last night an idea dawned on me... A few months ago, my wife and I were at a Parallax gathering and someone was showing a very impressive display of Electroluminescent Wire, a product that had been completely under my radar. We brainstormed a few projects where we could use the stuff but the projects never went any further. Fast forward to last night. I was on Make magazines website and I saw mention of Electroluminescent Sheets: Electroluminescent papercraft Has anyone played with this stuff to recreate the effect of the McIntosh meter? I'm thinking I would need to start with a largish VU meter and then modify it with the EL sheet and probably a thin transparent overlay with the logarithmic power layout. Does anyone have any thoughts? SM

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9th April 2011, 01:37 AM	#2
robert4211 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2010	I too love the blue McIntosh meters. Hoyt is the meter company Analog Meter \| Analog Panel Meter \| Inexpensive Meters Crown also used this meter.

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