[R-390] Sources for meter movements?

mikea mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Wed Jun 8 18:33:37 EDT 2005


On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 04:35:29PM -0500, Barry wrote:
> Hmmm.  Looking at the selection, the "Ideal VU Meter" as well as the
> "Simpson 1 ma fs 100 ohm" meters might be candidates as well.  They don't
> state the size of them, but the Simpson looks a lot like the ones I've seen
> on R390A's.  You'd need the faceplate cover, though, and I doubt they have
> those.

You may find that the "Ideal VU Meter" isn't ideal for use as an S-meter or
what-have-you in an R-390 or R-390A[1], because the damping on a VU meter
is specified rather carefully and isn't the damping you'll see on most
anything else.

[1]	See! I avoided the "non-A" debate. 

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