Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ?

Hello

Most of us chose an amp for it's musicality.

But if you would chose your amplifiers for it's visual aesthetic, some great looking amplifiers, metal or wood face plate, which ones you would chose ?

Myself I would chose a Pass Lab amp, for a metal face plate. And the Sonus Faber Musica Integrated Amplifier, for a wood face place.

Thank

Bye

Gaetan

gaetan888803-09-2010 7:01pm

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gerrym5 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 286 posts 03-10-2010 at 05:24am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete These are not ranked for sound: Tubes: Pathos classic, Tron any, Nagra 845, VAC Phi 300, Jadis JP80, any Ayon Amp, Mac MC275, ARC D-79 Solid Sate: Ayre MXR, MBL 9007 monos, Stax 300, Boulder 2050, Mark Levinson ML-25, Pass current amp product line, Krell Evolution One monos So I own Lamm ML2.1's monos and they are not beauties - but they sound great!
halcro Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,664 posts 03-10-2010 at 04:28am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Well I'm obviously biased, but the Halcro Reference series monoblocks of course!
itsalldark Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 182 posts 03-10-2010 at 03:30am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Hovland Radia!! Sounds great, and nothing beats the way in looks at night----
goldorak Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 89 posts 03-10-2010 at 03:27am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I would say the latest Tenor HP350, nice mix of wood, metal, fine and cool blue logo. Lucious.
gaetan8888 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2 posts 03-10-2010 at 02:42am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Hello Woods face plate do not seem very popular for transistors amps, any reasons that you would know for that ? Thank Bye Gaetan
phaelon Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,049 posts 03-10-2010 at 02:41am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete New Audio Frontiers - Gorgeous Italian amps with brushed copper face and top plates, wood side panels and matte black transformer covers. The best part is that they sound even better than they look.
timrhu Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,779 posts 03-10-2010 at 02:34am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Bel Canto, the e series. Very well done minimalism.
vernneal Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 438 posts 03-10-2010 at 02:27am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete McIntosh w/blue meters Krell w/rugged looks
peter_s Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,335 posts 03-09-2010 at 11:21pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Electron-Luv. Pathos Integrated.
dkzzzz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 124 posts 03-09-2010 at 11:17pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Leben Music Hall Maven
jaybo Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,478 posts 03-09-2010 at 11:11pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete brown electronic labs....early belles models...anything that looks like a toaster, and sounds incredible....honorable mention to cyrus for giving the the finger to anyone who loves to stare at an amplifier.
bvdiman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 491 posts 03-09-2010 at 11:06pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Exotic--Burmester, Gryphon, Wavac Classic--FM Acoustics, Audionote Kondo
xti16 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,525 posts 03-09-2010 at 10:58pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Black and gold MBL amps
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,979 posts 03-09-2010 at 10:29pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Duh! Mac of course. Just kidding, but they do look nice. FM Acoustics in a nice simple way, and Accuphase.
pubul57 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,712 posts 03-09-2010 at 10:24pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Anything by Jadis.
mapman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 22,198 posts 03-09-2010 at 09:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The VAC Phi Beta is a fine looking unit!
czbbcl Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,752 posts 03-09-2010 at 08:49pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete cj premier 8's or Cary V12's