Hi Sam,
Not a stupid question at all! I love the big, lighted analog power output meters on some power amplifiers. Have you considered looking into the used market? There was a really stunningly beautiful power amplifier built by Onkyo at least until 1996, called the M510 Grand Integra, which was expensive back then. You might find one on the used market. And this was back when Onkyo built really robust amplifiers. There was an Onkyo M504 that I think also had big lighted analog meters.
McIntosh Labs also had several large power amps with big analog power output meters.
Regards,
