What is the best LOOKING audio component you have bought

sharpsuxx · « **Reply #60 on:** 21 Feb 2013, 06:28 am »

Good food doesn't have to look good but it certainly tastes better if it does. A bruised banana tastes the same, but why do most people avoid the brown areas.

Back on topic though, who else has some good looking gear.

BobM · « **Reply #61 on:** 21 Feb 2013, 05:22 pm »

I bought my 16 year old daughter an old 70's Marantz tuner and Pioneer turntable for Christmas. She's an old soul and wanted to play vinyl. It really brought me back to those days when the Marantz look was way cool, and that rotating tuner wheel was the bomb and very different from the Onkyo industrial look.

jonbee · « **Reply #62 on:** 21 Feb 2013, 07:14 pm »

My Tandberg TR2075 receiver from the '70s is a beautiful piece of work. I keep it in my office and it isn't even plugged in. It gets lots of oohs and aahs when people see it.

LadyDog · « **Reply #63 on:** 21 Feb 2013, 07:35 pm »

Always been kind of partial to............could not find a picture of mine when I used to own, so you get stock.

jhm731 · « **Reply #64 on:** 21 Feb 2013, 07:39 pm »

milford3 · « **Reply #65 on:** 21 Feb 2013, 07:46 pm »

My harmon/kardon AVR 645. I love the blue haloed volume knob at night.

ctviggen · « **Reply #66 on:** 21 Feb 2013, 07:47 pm »

Quote from: jhm731 on 20 Feb 2013, 05:59 am

The speakers are really nice, except for that ugly black base.

IMO, the speakers would look much better with aluminum outriggers like Thiel uses on their CS2.4SEs.

I personally like the black base better than the aluminum outriggers. In fact, I don't like the outriggers at all. To each his own.

ctviggen · « **Reply #67 on:** 21 Feb 2013, 07:50 pm »

This is the amp I have:

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #68 on:** 21 Feb 2013, 08:47 pm »

Quote from: milford3 on 21 Feb 2013, 07:46 pm

My harmon/kardon AVR 645. I love the blue haloed volume knob at night.

I've got a (recently retired) 645 also. For being a "off the shelf black box", that blue halo was pretty sexy.

thunderbrick · « **Reply #69 on:** 21 Feb 2013, 10:37 pm »

Quote from: cheap-Jack on 20 Feb 2013, 05:21 pm

Hi.
I don't care less how artistic or beautiful an audio looks. I care only how it SOUNDs!
Audio is for the ears. Good or so so looking can't make it sound better or worse.

Unlike food, artistic plate layout can increase one's appetite for sure.

Sorry, no show from me.

c-J

Appetite is not about taste, it's about hunger.
In your reasoning, aesthetic design of an audio component can increase one's appetite/hunger for music. "Plating" audio gear add to the experience. Whether it's worth it to you, that's another issue.

To me food, especially American food, is simply fuel, not an experience. The woman across the table is REALLY the experience. "Plating" the food simply keeps it off the floor and is simply a tactic for getting her to the table.

YMMV, of course!

audiogoober · « **Reply #70 on:** 21 Feb 2013, 11:32 pm »

my black boxes......

Pass Labs XA-160.5's

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #71 on:** 22 Feb 2013, 12:31 am »

Quote from: audiogoober on 21 Feb 2013, 11:32 pm

my black boxes......

I'd say a Pass Lab is a step above the average "black Box", just a bit, ya know?

Are those stands Pelin Burl?

audiogoober · « **Reply #72 on:** 22 Feb 2013, 01:14 am »

Are those stands Pelin Burl?
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Maple Burl.

dflee · « **Reply #73 on:** 22 Feb 2013, 02:14 am »

Bob: Thats like seeing the most increadable woman you have ever seen and asking
her "Who made the dress".

yogacraig · « **Reply #74 on:** 22 Feb 2013, 02:22 am »

It's a tie between my LP 12 and Luxman T-115 tuner in it's wooden case.

kevin360 · « **Reply #75 on:** 22 Feb 2013, 01:21 pm »

Quote from: LadyDog on 21 Feb 2013, 07:35 pm

Always been kind of partial to............could not find a picture of mine when I used to own, so you get stock.

The Stingray is über cool!

Quote from: ctviggen on 21 Feb 2013, 07:50 pm

This is the amp I have:

The metalwork on Jeff Rowland gear is simply stunning - love it!

Quote from: audiogoober on 21 Feb 2013, 11:32 pm

my black boxes......

Pass Labs XA-160.5's

Color me green

- those are my dream amps.

Quote from: milford3 on 21 Feb 2013, 07:46 pm

My harmon/kardon AVR 645. I love the blue haloed volume knob at night.

Well, there you go. Who says equipment has to be incredibly expensive for the manufacturer to spice up its appearance? That is a neat touch. Sorry, but I have to ask: Why didn't you post a photo of it lit up in a semi-dark room?

thunderbrick · « **Reply #76 on:** 22 Feb 2013, 01:52 pm »

Quote from: dflee on 22 Feb 2013, 02:14 am

Bob: Thats like seeing the most increadable woman you have ever seen and asking
her "Who made the dress".

Good point!

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #77 on:** 22 Feb 2013, 01:55 pm »

Quote from: dflee on 22 Feb 2013, 02:14 am

Bob: Thats like seeing the most increadable woman you have ever seen and asking
her "Who made the dress".

You just offended the person that built that "dress", and all other "dressmakers" with a comment like that.

Photon46 · « **Reply #78 on:** 22 Feb 2013, 03:01 pm »

Quote from: dflee on 22 Feb 2013, 02:14 am

Bob: Thats like seeing the most increadable woman you have ever seen and asking
her "Who made the dress".

I've never met a woman, beautiful or not, who doesn't appreciate it when someone notices her dress and gives her a complement on it.

thunderbrick · « **Reply #79 on:** 22 Feb 2013, 11:55 pm »

Quote from: Photon46 on 22 Feb 2013, 03:01 pm

I've never met a woman, beautiful or not, who doesn't appreciate it when someone notices her dress and gives her a complement on it.

True, but while we say that "that dress looks great on you" we really mean "HOLY SHIT! YOU'RE HOT! I promise not to wrinkle your pretty dress when I remove it!"

We just can't say that in polite company!