Despite being at a hi-fi show, the GB-001's sound is not exactly audiophile, which will not be a shock to anyone – and is not what we really want from it anyway. Because I was listening to it on ...

The headset also includes a 1.2-meter audio cable and a 0.5-meter charging cable. Controls for power, playback, volume, microphone, surround sound, and connection mode are located on the earcup.

You can record to cassettes either from the aux-in port or by connecting a microphone (but not from Bluetooth sources, alas), and there are twin VU meters on the front, and I can't tell you how ...

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The 6.8-inch display is also not a touchscreen, which might irk a few, but it’s bright, the buttons work just fine, and the option to enjoy photorealistic old-school VU meters is a treat.

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.

Cambridge Audio is bringing some retro cool to its CXN100 network streamer with a software update that turns its screen into an old-school VU needle meter.

A real VU meter has a very specific ballistic characteristic, that is, it responds to changing audio signals at a very precise speed, rising from no signal to 99% of 0VU when a 1kHz sine wave tone is ...

The build uses an Arduino Nano as the brains of the operation, which uses its analog inputs to process incoming audio into decibel levels for display on a VU meter.