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Originally Posted by Beobloke
Everyone knows that moving coil meters make stuff sound better, and the more enthusiastically they move, the better the sound.
That's a fact, that is...
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I thought measurements were anathema, and that when a really high end system was delivered, the purchaser got a signed and sealed certificate that none of the equipment had ever been measured in any way. Such an action would have irretrievably polluted it.
The idea of having a measurement device actually built into an amplifier therefore seems odd. Something with a cheap and wonky movement would not be accurate and would therefore do less damage. The bouncing meter in the 125k monster has a power scale which goes beyond this and into the realm of comedy, so it's free from risk of performing damage, it can even enhance the pleasure. A sort of up-market answer to those Amstrad speakers with built-in disco lights.
Opinions vary, but everyone agrees that anything digital in place of moving coil would be completely unacceptable.
David