I can imagine why you are asking this. Expecting design aesthetics and a great musicallity should be natural. But as in nature great great sex usually doesn't come from the best bodies. It is more the exception than the rule and generally is very expensive and almost unobtainable together in one package. My second masters is in Industrial Design and B&O does make a beautiful design statement. I have a current B&O 4000 and the 6000 speaker setup in my bedroom (my third teir sytem). Boy, the system is great looking, convient to use, and great background music for the bedroom. I didn't mean for that to read that way, but that's true too. The B&O system has to be near the top for musicality and way better than other life-style music systems. I also like taping radio program feature on program I want to hear later in the car or late at night. Still, if you want only one system and music is truly important to be prepared to spend a lot-lot more money in your main system. After all the poster before recommends $20K speakers, you can get what I mean about adding the appropriate electronics to that recommendadtion in producing the great sound and aesthetics. What do you do with all those stupid looking cables? You got to bite the bullet on your choices with this topic.
