Musketeer Description

The Musketeer clearly displays the fan voltage, the audio sound pressure and the temperature of the thermal sensor. The two front sliders allow users to adjust the fan speed and the dynamics of the sound pressure with no further hassles. Plus, the Musketeer's Audio Sound Pressure device will simply swing along with sound, just like legacy amplifiers, perfectly corresponding with the spirit of "One for All and All for One."

Musketeer Specifications

• Voltage (left) Dial Display: DC 0 to12V
• VU (middle) Dial Display: -20 to +3dB
• Temperature (right) Dial Display: 10-90 Celsius/ 50-180 Fahrenheit
• Voltage Adjustment: DC 6 to approx. 11V (IC controlled)
• Sound Pressure: -20 to +3dB (depends on input from sound card)

Musketeer Features

• Connects directly to your computer's +12V DC power source
• No software required
• Reflective blue L.E.D. Display
• Requires only one 5.25" drive bay
• Operator controlled fans allow for energy conservation and noise reduction
• Suitable for PC equipped with audio device and high-speed fan

Musketeer Testing

Front Panel - From left to right Volt, VU, and Temp

The Musketeer's actual light emission is darker, but the camera was saturated by the blue light. It's a nice little unit because you can alter the amount of voltage for one 3 pin fan.

Voltage Meter

As you can see, the Voltage meter is somewhat limited as a fan uses 12v and the meter shows 10v. When set to the minimum, the Voltage meter reads 6v.

Let's take a look at the VU meter...

VU Meter

The VU meter is probably the only analog meter that would actually move almost constantly, since it moves according to the beats of your music and games. You do not really want to "redline" on the VU meter. What you do is, you get this cable, about 3 inches, you plug it in from your Line out, the green plug, and plug it into Musketeer's In port; then, you plug in your speakers/headphones into the Out, and you get sound, and you can watch your VU meter dance.

Finally, let's take a look at the thermometer...

Temperature Meter

The range for the thermometer is not that high, however, it serves its purpose. The reason why my temperature is so high is because I put the sensor on the bottom of my Vantec Aeroflow which is strapped onto an Athlon 2500+ OC'ed to a 170 MHz FSB, and also crunches FaD for Team TechIMO (2037).

In My Opinion

I think this is a nice looking, aesthetically pleasing, and useful device. I like the analog meters, as well as the blue glow. As a matter of fact, because of the Musketeer, I had to make room on my table top so I can put it up on my table and watch it. The only thing I don't like about it is there is nothing to stop the meters if it goes too far over, like the VU meter, if it red lines too far, it will hit at the end, and bounce back.