All three models have a clean, minimalist design, and the M-80 also gets some rather attractive illuminated VU meters on the front. Minimalism is Onkyo's thing. One of the reasons its amps are ...

It’s intended to be directly connected to a speaker’s audio input, and thus likely does load down the amplifier output slightly. The result is an attractive rainbow VU meter display that would ...

[Daniel] sent in his Nixie tube VU meter. It uses 14 Russian IN-13 Nixie ... Now this just needs to live on the front of a massive tube amplifier.

is the amplifiers glowing blue VU meters that have been the brand’s signature since 2003. Little else is known about the Advance Paris A12 integrated amplifier, but it’s also a Swiss Army ...