I give very little consideration to how something looks. That is why I have no trouble with the custom builder who made my amps and linestage using VERY old industrial equipment cabinets which he repurposes. I used to run a pair of Audio Note Kageki amps, which i turned around so that the back faced forward for convenience (power switch would otherwise be in the back). I really had no idea how the thing normally looked. I was once at a dealership and heard a fantastic sounding setup and asked the proprietor what amps were running the speakers. He frowned because the amps were Kageki's, which is the same model he had sold to me, and I didn't even recognize them.
My priorities are: sound quality, cost, and remote controllability.