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Postby jithknot » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:40 pm

Anyone have any idea what this thing is?? saw this at the mastering facility at 301 studios. asked Leon what it was, he said he had no clue, but he got it since it looked "vintage"

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Postby 13thbeach » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:45 pm

Looks like some sort of testing unit to me. I know that AVO make tube testing units etc....
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Postby Ben M » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:54 pm

Old school multimeter??
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Postby no-fi » Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:27 pm

I had one of these once at an old company I worked for about 8 years ago.

it's a an AVO meter (mk1 by the looks??)

It's a really nice moving coil multimeter.

from memory, you get AC and DC V and A and resistance measurement....

Not worth a lot of money ($50ish?) but if it's for sale around that price and you don't want it I'd buy it for myself..
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Postby Linear » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:08 pm

hmm, it's be a stretch calling that thing a mystery.

i would have thought AVO = amps, volts, ohms. just a hunch ;-0

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Postby mylesgm » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:59 pm

I think its definitely a stretch calling that a mystery... let your fingers to the typing and you get...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avometer

Besides, does nobody use multimeters or electrical test equipment these days?

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Postby jithknot » Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:24 pm

ahh oki, damn i shoulda have googled it before posting it :P
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Postby wez » Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:48 am

yeah dave at atlantis has got one of these (same model i think). i'm guessing rick has a cupboard full of them.

speaking of dave... small bump to get his TR membership approved ;-)
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Postby rick » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:38 am

wez wrote: i'm guessing rick has a cupboard full of them.



nah i leave those things where i find them

the world is full of them .

i like my old stuff bigger and heavier ...with more wood
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Postby no-fi » Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:06 pm

rick - next time you see one in OK working condition for a reasonable (or really cheap!) price, I'd love to know about it!

these are really nice meters to use, and I could use another multimeter.



Actually, it's one of the few things I miss about the job where I had one....
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Postby rick » Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:46 pm

ok julien i will hold you to that
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