@ct0517
I think it is rather ugly. It is function over form.
La Platine Verdier is definitely not ugly,
especially in OMA plinth, it is absolutely beautiful. I think it's state of the art design.
It’s been my personal experience in this eccentric, analog part of the hobby; that the best and longest lasting companies do not need fancy websites. Just an email and phone number, and referrals.
You forgot to mention a fax then.
It's not about something "fancy", it's about usability in the modern digital world, when people browse from mobile devices and order everything online to save the time, website can be very simple and almost fee (except the hosting). The time when designers charged too much for a website are gone, websites themes are free and ready to use, the owner have to upload his own images and text, this is very easy.
The old school communication is OK when you're over 60, but when someone selling super expensive high-end gear and can't even manage a website it's kind of weird. Older people could easily ask their children to manage a website. There are some funny looking old school websites online from such old manufacturers, i bought my Yamamoto amp not so long ago, amazing amp, but company website is a time machine to the late 90's,
look at this. I respect the reputation of the manufacturers, but they must think about their younger customers a bit too. Internet changed a lot since the late 90's and ignoring is not a good idea for business.
This is a nice website from High-End manufacturer and
here is another one. Both are very simple and almost fee to do.