What is your most beautiful component?

Betcha, yes the Teres TT is better with the lead shot-filled platter. It looks better and it sounds better, than the one that I have. I will eventually get that platter upgrade for my Teres. However, I did talk for a long time with Chris Brady of Teres about this, and we both concluded that the lead shot-filled cocobolo wood base is a more significant sound upgrade than the lead shot-filled platter. So if you start out with the all-acrylic model 135, you get a better sonic upgrade with the cocobolo wood base, than the lead/acrylic platter.I did this when I got that base, and uprgraded my 135 to a 245, and got a shocking improvement. When you have both of them together, as in the Model 255, you have an incredible sounding, and looking, TT. And no matter how good it looks, it sounds much better. It is truly a wonderful high end rig.

Ever see the platter on the new Rega P9 TT? It may not be thick, but it is about as inert as a substance can get. It is ceramic that has been fused to the hardness of saphire. Supposedly this material is used in nuclear missiled. All I can say it is pretty darn heavy, and the P9 is quite a table. Not quite my most beautiful component though.... But it is my most beautiful sounding component.

KF

That's an easy one for me...

Not only are my Sonus Faber Amati Homage speakers the most beautiful components within my 2-channel playback system, they are probably the most beautiful items I own, period.

Hand Finished Maple with gloss black trim. Oversized knurled gold binding posts and the very special 'grill cloth'. Perfectly proportioned steel black integrated stands with finely machined spikes. (I'm starting to breath heavy...)

Just gorgeous to look at... and even more so to hear.

Thanks,

TSV_1

I've sold a lot of gear over the years, and still like the beautiful lines of the SF speaker line as a whole. My favorite pieces where my Sonus F. Minima Amators. They were DEAD SEXY to my eyes, and where very nice sounding speakers with the right gear. Unfortunately I don't have pics anymore.
If you can find a pair of these, and have stable voltage(or lowish voltage) out of your wall, and/or can put your amp on a bigger PSaudio P600 or bigger for voltage stabalization, I think you'll love the Esotar tweeter and nice mid/bass preproduction of these EXCELLENT minimonitors! They need solid state all the way though, at least in the amp.
Anyone who own's the speakers will VISUALLY, and potentially sonically, NOT BE DISSAPOINTED with care in set up and lower stand placement with lower ceilings.
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It has to be my WAVAC 833 monos on their Sistrum stands. Making music or not, a stunning component.