That’s not bad, LED’s are nice I have them as a back light on the TV. However, the analog meters were just cool as hell, their lighting was soft, the needle motion was great.. can’t really find anything except what looks like cheap Chinese crap. Doesn’t look like I’m gonna get what I’m looking for but I’ll keep searching.
If you want something that is quality and will not downgrade your audio, then you will have to build it yourself. You certainly don't want a pass though unit, and you want one with a high input impedance.
Others have done this, and below I will post a circuit for VU meters and one for LED lights. You will need to build a circuit for each channel. None of these circuits would be difficult to build.
One for VU meter.
Now one for LEDs
Both those circuits would be easy to build. You would have to source a case, either metal or wood. For wood you would have to build it. Generic cases are available, but metal work would be required for mounting jacks, meters, controls etc. If you use the LED in metal, no highly specialized tools would be required. To mount VU meters it would be best to have access to a plasma cutter.
Now you have got yourself a nice little project.
If you want this done properly then you will have to do it yourself.
