Some VU meters include a second scale in arbitrary units where the 0-dB point is shown as 100%. The original spec for the VU meter recognized the fact that it takes a finite amount of time for the ...

Therefore, when a properly installed VI instrument is fed with 0 dBm across a 600Ωline, the meter would actually read -4 VU on its scale. (When the attenuator setting is added, the total reading is ...

While refurbishing an ageing audio mixer, I decided that the level meters needed special attention. Their rather horrible 100 µA edgewise movements had VU-type scales, the drive electronics being just ...

Given its appearance in one form or another in all but the cheapest audio gear produced in the last 70 years or so, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the ubiquitous VU meter is just one of ...

The diagram below shows a VU meter with a decibel scale from -20 to +3 dB, and a linear percentage of modulation scale from 0 to 100% below it. A meter which is linear in decibels (rather than ...

There are other VU meters like this out there — the Fosi Audio LC30 is also on sale for Prime Day and looks a little cooler, but various reviews say the meters aren’t nearly sensitive enough.

The IN-28 VU-Meter comes with the LM3915 which has a logarithmic scale of 3 dB, starting from -27 dB to 0 dB in 3 dB steps.

The headphones offer quirky retro styling and working analog VU meters in the ear cups.

Don't settle for boring Bluetooth speakers. The Meters Music Cubed system combines a minimalist design with an illuminated, working VU meter.

There are other VU meters like this out there — the Fosi Audio LC30 is also on sale for Prime Day and looks a little cooler, but various reviews say the meters aren’t nearly sensitive enough.

A VU meter is not recommended as the sole metering method for digital systems - it is too slow to catch transients which may overload the system. A VU meter registers zero level on its scale when the ...