One thing that every audio system in the 70's and 80's had was the cool bouncing needle of the analog gauge. The analog gauges (for the most part) have disappeared from our tech gadgets in the last 20 years or so.
MintPass (weird name) is bringing back the old style analog gauges on their cube MP3 player. The cube measures 2"x2"x2" and has analog gauges for volume, battery life, and RF.
The auto meter gauge was a nice choice.waht are your thoughts on the cobalt gauges?