I think the best looking components are McIntosh. Nothing looks as good as the blue meters IMO.
Best looking speakers are/were Sonus Faber. The teak wood and leather just exude class IMO. The current line isn't as nice. No idea why they changed it. It's a subtle difference, but enough for me to have mixed feelings.
Neither are my absolute favorite sounding stuff, but I could easily live with their sound, especially combined. A bit warm and sweet sounding, yet incredibly musical IMO.