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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Mechanical meters to the full VU spec are hard to make, so yes Sifam ( now owned by Tinsley?) stopped making them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>However, they make some very close and more affordable VU meters from their presenter range, which are identical to the VU spec, apart from the attack time, which overshoots by a percent or so.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>This is what we use in our VUs and they work very well (</span><a href="https://crookwood.com/vu-meters/2u-stereo-vu-meter/">2U Stereo VU Meter - Crookwood</a>)<span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Crispin Herrod-Taylor<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>Managing Director, Crookwood</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:blue'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.crookwood.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>www.crookwood.com</span></a> </span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Tel: +44 (0)1672 811 649<br>Mobile:+44(0)7910 637 634</span></i><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></i><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Sign up for our great newsletter <a href="http://crookwood.com/newsletter/" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> and keep up to date with the audio world</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> ProAudio <proaudio-bounces@bach.pgm.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Caudle via ProAudio<br><b>Sent:</b> 28 January 2021 19:13<br><b>To:</b> proaudio@bach.pgm.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ProAudio] VU meter permitted overdrive with a sine wave...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>On 2021-01-28 12:55, Bob Katz via ProAudio wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm'><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>I thought that Sifam ceased manufacture of meters?<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Looks like they are still advertising new meters:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.sifam.com/meters.asp">http://www.sifam.com/meters.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Even have some meters with old style cases, but with LED lights instead of little bulbs.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-- Chris C<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>