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AVO multimeters - which one, and why?

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AdeV:
Over here, there's quite a lively discussion going on about AVO multimeters.

Having never belonged to the AVO owner's club, I'm curious:

1) Why are they so sought after, compared to any modern analogue multimeter?

2) If I were to peruse eBay, there seem to be dozens for sale. Which is considered "the" one to have, assuming one wants to use it as a general purpose multimeter?

I'm not (necessarily!) proposing to buy one.... I have 2 working DMMs here right now; although I fried my last analogue one many moons ago.

Fergus OMore:
I saw one on one of these restoration programmes being made into a radio.

Maybe the answer?

Cheers

Norm

Sea.dog:
"I'm not (necessarily!) proposing to buy one.... I have 2 working DMMs here right now; although I fried my last analogue one many moons ago."

You're clearly a beginner  :D

I've three Beckmans, all over 30 years old, a TMK500 from the 1960s and a very nice AVO 8 in the original leather case. To say nothing of three or four clamp meters and a capacitance meter. Analogue meters are better at averaging noisy readings. DMMs have a (usually) fast sample rate so the reading can jump all over the place, whereas the response of an analogue meter is damped.

John Rudd:
I worked in the tv trade during my working life, my bestie m8 when I was at school, his dad worked for NEEB.....during those time periods, the AVO 8 was the 'one' to have....

I now have 3 UT50 (x) dvm's at my disposal....not an analog meter in sight...

awemawson:
An analogue meter is dramatically easier to use than a digital if the measured quantity is varying as in the case of motor current in a servo loop for instance. There are many other situations where the good old Universal Avo triumphs over a digital, but both have their place.

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