Ugliest Component of the Year 2024!

when you realize a 'Stylish Wooden Finish' could have been chosen, unforgivable decision making

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"The MCD85 can play store bought SACDs and CDs as well as music from homemade CD or DVD Data Discs."

Store bought SACDs! The fancy kind. I guess it won't play the ones you buy online. That's a real limitation.

Wadax components get great reviews, cost a fortune, and look like a cheap boom box.  https://wadax.eu/reference/

While McIntosh will always have multiple entries on this list, I believe the true winner of this year's UCOTY Award goes to ML1 Loudspeaker Mk II. Truly it answers questions no one asked while ignoring multiple basic rules of design and acoustical engineering. Uglier than hammered doggy-doo, the ML1 evinces an esthetic not gone too soon, and takes one back, kicking and screaming.

Here is my entry, pick one: https://rogershighfidelity.com/

These are a close 1 and 2 but my vote goes to Tekton.  

 I worked in industrial design. All I can say is yikes.
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@tony1954 ,

You beat me to it!

An oldie but goody.

Why they haven't changed their designs at some point, can only be explained by a company wide lack of any design sense.

https://tektondesign.com/product/full-range-speakers/flagship/1812-model-v12/#color

yeah i've never liked this layout on many of the newer mac gear.