Meters Cubed go under the needle

Unless you secretly fill a brass band’s instruments with flour before they start playing, you can’t usually see music. The only way to really get a glimpse of what your tunes are doing is with a VU meter, the little dancing needle you sometimes find on pricey hi-fi gear, but now you can get one on this wallet-friendly desktop system too. Designed to stream from your phone or laptop, Meters Music’s Cubed setup combines an amp capable of 2x10W, a dinky pair of 90mm speakers and that all-important VU meter, all for just £200.

Tom Wiggins Contributor

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Stuff's second Tom has been writing for the magazine and website since 2006, when smartphones were only for massive nerds and you could say “Alexa” out loud without a robot answering. Over the years he’s written about everything from MP3s to NFTs, played FIFA with Trent Alexander-Arnold, and amassed a really quite impressive collection of USB sticks.

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