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For the Audiophile with a taste for good design(looks)....a question.

What are your favorite audio components and speakers based on the way they look (looked).  Yes, I know that sound is what counts and that is my major influence, but I do enjoy well designed/good looking products.   I no longer do, but did have a collection of art deco radios, both table models and consoles.....and that was all about design rather than their audiophile qualities.  Thanks 

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havocman
350 posts
 
Miller carbon from what I can see your system is not very good looking. As for well designed I can't make any comments about that cuz I haven't heard it.
scottscottsdale
103 posts
 
MillerCarbon. I hope it sounds good. Because it doesn’t look good to me. 
lostinseattle
50 posts
 
Don't know much modern gear so I'll list some vintage.  Tandberg receivers, Marantz 2130, REL Precedent tuner; if you like Art Deco you'll like those last two.

+1 on the B&O, Luxman, vintage Mac and 80's Technics gear.  JBL 250Ti speakers.

Dan D'Agostino amps are kind of cool looking in a ridiculously overbuilt and in-your-face steam punk kind of way.


schubert
7,386 posts
 
Tandberg's were really classy !
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jallan
259 posts
 
I sold Tandberg receivers in college and I would agree that they are really beautiful. Rosewood cabinet and blue lit dials.

My 17 year old self was enthralled by the look of the GAS Ampzilla in Popular Electronics. I saw the real deal a few months later in an audio show, and had to have them. Cool meters!

So I built it...and after three rebuilds, it anchors my system yet again. I love looking at it, and it sounds remarkably good too, recapped with better capacitors and better driver and output transistors.

Millercarbon, I may not agree with your comments sometimes, but you obviously put great care into the details of your system and I am sure it sounds stupendously great. Your amplifier is beautiful.
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