Amps with meters ...

I use the meters on my preamp and they have a practical purpose. I can monitor (and adjust) the phono stage gain or monitor the output level that shows me my system has around 15-20dB of headroom at normal listening levels... oh and I can switch it off too.

I must admit that I’m a sucker for pretty meters

I'd love to have an amp with big meters!  I very nearly pulled the trigger on a Mac, but simply too expensive, and not a fan of the Autoformer.   I'd bet if Emotiva packaged their $1200 amp with nice big analog meters, they could easily sell it for $2000.  There simply are NO big-VU-meter amps out there for under $4000.... (new that is).  

Hey @Mirolab,

Right?  One of the prettiest, the Yamaha M5000  - $12k

I have always thought that meters were a homage to the Julian Hirsh school of measurements leading us to better audio.But I do love them on my EAR 912 they impress the neighbors.