[BC] Cinema Engineering line elvel meters, was A What's it?

[PeterH5322@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/8/05 8:07:14 AM, radiotech at bellsouth.net writes:


> > Too bad the original meters weren't there. Those Weston VU meters
> > were used on all the WE equipment I ever saw as well as most of the
> > top of the line gear from the immediate post-war period.
> >
> > I'm curious, how did they get anything resembling a normal ballistic
> > from a meter with greater sensitivity? I'd also think the impedance
> > would be quite a bit lower.
> >
> > IIRC the standard VU meter had an impedance of 3900 ohms as a bare
> > device and the meter attenuator had an inpedance of 7200 ohms for
> > +4 and above.
> 
Weston is the best.

Simpson 142, as in an Ampex 351, is second best.

There are others, but all suffer from compromises as to ballistics or 
sensitivity or frequency response or distortion added to the line.

Some don't use a copper oxide rectumfrier.