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Who, do you think, designs the best looking tube-based devices?

The reason I chose specifically devices with tubes is because, in my opinion, it's much harder to design something good -not to mention gorgeous- looking with tubes and transformers sticking out.

From the ones that I know, which is not a lot, Airtight and Allnic designs stand out in my eyes. Shindo and Atma Sphere, on the other hand, do not look appealing at all. KT-Audio looks beautiful internally, whereas externally it's nothing special...yet?

I'm only asking about design, I don't care about sound :-)
audioinfidel

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audioinfidel OP
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@lou_setriodes, do you even read what people write? The ones I like - do they have their tubes hidden?!? Everyone else, who posted a reply, seems to have understood me correctly. I was only wondering, which ones look pretty in people’s eyes.

There’s nothing wrong with tubes sticking out. However, for some "unknown reason", some look nice and some...not so much
audioinfidel OP
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Wow! That Dared does look very pretty! And look at Dared VP-99P! Dared MP-5BT not on the same level, but still nice/differently looking
audioinfidel OP
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Just discovered another one, which looks plainly, but still very pretty somehow:
Triode Lab (and its sister company Finale)
Some Line Magnetic units also look decent
@davespencer, although L-7000 does look very pretty, I prefer L-9000's design. However, the difference is minute. I'd say if L-9000 is a 100, L-7000 would be 97/100 :-)
audioinfidel OP
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@rogerabbit, I think they look quite pretty
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