I saw another thread like this somewhere else and I thought it was a cool idea so here it is!!!

You mean amps we own, or any amps with big meters? We could end up with hundreds of pics here.

I have no amps with meters, but here are the best looking I´ve seen, so far:

doesn't matter. I'm just looking for the ones that you think really stand out and look cooler than most others. they dont have to be your's.

like the ones you posted, Jorge!

Onkyo Integra M510.

My favourite Translucent so you can see the tubes inside. Patended.

Jim

I own two of these, the Denon POA 1500 II...











And one of these, the Denon POA 1500....










I almost got one of these... the Sansui CA-2000....









And almost grabbed one of these, the Soundcraftsmen 5001 or 5002, can't recall...

I'd like one of these French amps from Advance Acoustic.

thedelihaus - meterman

I like 'em meaty, beaty, big & bouncy, indeed!

I must say, the tube/meter combo is something I'd have said was tacky, but looking at it, I am wrong. It's elegant in execution, and a bit psychedelic. Maybe even a dash of retro-punk for good measure.

I like it.

With the mirrored faceplate it hard to get a decent photo of it. I'll have a pro photgrapher have a go at it. The pic does not do it justice, especially in a darkened room. At the Calgary show we had very high WAF

The Who meets meterman

Just noticed this is a Solid State thread, oops, but can do that too:

Here is a DBX BX-3MkII I took some nudes of since my damaged Bell'O cabinet is still in the living room! As you can imaging the wife is not pleased, but got a call from the shipping company yesterday that the replacement will arrive on December 3rd! I also get to keep the damaged cabinet! Hmm, looks like I have more room for some things!

Here some pics of the DBX










BTW, I have been looking for a DBX BX-1. It has same output specs as the BX-3MkII, but much cooler and almost double the weight of the MkII's 46.4 pounds!

Regards,
TB

Here's one of my favorite "sleeper" amps the Hitachi HMA8500mkII. A truly fast and natural sounding 100wpc mosfet with "big honkin meters", and possibly the most difficult to photograph amp ever made. The lighting and background of the meters makes them very hard to take good pics of.

It's resting atop one of it's predecessors, the HMA6500, 50 wpc mosfet, another sleeper that can usually be snuck under the radar for less than a Franklin.

Also in the pic are my Dyna mark 6 monoblocks with big honkin meters dwarfed by big honkin faceplates.

There are far better choices than a dbx BX-1. I worked at dbx at the time the amp was developed and initially sold, and can categorically state that it was little other than a sales, marketing, and engineering flop.

Originally designed to be the best amp dbx's engineers could make, the BX-1 had several really serious drawbacks and design flaws. For one, despite a statement to the contrary in the instruction manual, the amp generated a horrendously loud "pop" each time it was turned on. Often, that pop destroyed many a woofer (it ruined three of the four in my B&W 802's), and in some cases, wiped out the memory of a dealer's computer!

The amp did weigh a whopping 96 pounds, and was fully 23' deep. The depth of the amp made it almost impossible to find anywhere to put it, other than on the floor.

Lastly, while it sounded good (and a whole helluva lot better than the far cheaper Audio Dynamics brandmate, designed to be a "less-expensive" alternative to the BX-1), two Adcom GFA-555's outperformed the BX-1, and cost about half as much. Initially designed to retail at $2,500, the price of the unit skyrocketed to $3,700 on the evening before the very first shipment of pre-sold units. Not surprisingly, each and every one of the 96 complete systems (amp, preamp and tuner) that had been presold, was cancelled.

I had great hopes for the BX-1 and its matching preamp and tuner, and received one of each as a sample. After about one year, the amp began to distort in the right channel, and as the company had gone bust by then, I was stuck with a 96 pound boat anchor. Be wary. Be very wary.

Hello emaidel,

Thanks for the info on the BX-1! I have reviewed threads here and else where on problems associated with this amp and am seeking one not as a primary power source, just to complete a series of the manufactures components. I tend to seek out complete systems, in mint shape, with original documentation and packaging if possible, and the BX-1/CX-1/TX-1 are currently on my radar. Much of what I have acquired is sort of off the beaten path so to speak! I love all the silver from the 70’s (Marantz, Pioneer, etcetera, etcetera), and someday I will probably piece together a SPEC and Tube system, but since most of this gear is readily available on a daily basis for a price, most of what I have acquired is oddball, lesser know and unnoticed by other’s seeking vintage gear.

Plus, most of my music collection is post vinyl era, as I was a teen in the early 80’s, so it was cassettes to play in my Pioneer Super Tuner or Alpine head units in my 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 Six-Pack I had back then. Little side note here, I sold the car for 5k in 1987 and had the opportunity to buy a 1971 426 Hemi Barracuda for 9K with the proceeds and a loan payment of $116.00 dollars a month, but opted for a Kawasaki Ninja instead for about the same amount! I know, I know, but what does a 22 year old know anyways! Later I of course moved into CD’s, so that is what most of my primary source equipment supports.

I definitely have a blend of old and new audio of which most of my daily listening is accomplished with current TOTL Marantz & Onkyo AV Receivers, Marantz Sources and Definitive Technology Mythos and Martin Logan Clarity Speakers, which to me sound awesome! But every now and again its nice to fire up an older system that maybe is not as refined as some of today’s equipment, but it still gives me a rush in much the same way as that Challenger did!

Regards,
TB