Probably true, Dan, especially for the meters that are large and esthetically designed such as those pictured above... But there are also VERY few power amps that have digital (or any) VU meters these days. Perhaps, those audiophiles who has $$$ to invest on the luxurious high-powered amps are never interested in what peak wattages they are actually using...
Yeah, the more I think about this, the stranger and sillier it feels that the vast majority of today's multi-grand (and above) amps lack ANY indicators of real-time power output, perhaps except for those measly LEDs for clipping.
