"Fed Up Lurker" wrote in message
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This is my own personel subjective opinion on the issue
of the aesthetics of expensive audio hardware.
There are many who feel the "hi-end" is worth every penny,
but I'm not one of those.
Back in the good old days if we do a correlation with the auto
world, we could find the audio equivalent of a Corvette Stingray,
A Bentley Azure, Jensen Interceptor, or an Aston Martin DB5.
Something that had "The look", an instant appeal.

Such as?

Now sadly
missing from the world of audio hardware.
But where did it all go wrong with audio hardware?
Above is just to annoy you with another of my YT clips this is
just some examples (of many) that I feel are seriously lacking
in aesthetics.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, clearly some people must like the
appearance of the things you don't, otherwise they wouldn't be on the
market. But what do you like?, you haven't given any examples of your taste.

Personally I think that "form follows function" as far as audio kit is
concerned. The most important thing with audio kit is the performance, then
the ergonomics with the aesthetics following on from those. I've always
liked the look of Naim amplifiers, even though I was never convinced that
they were worth the money. But too much "high-end" stuff looks as though a
"designer" has been at work on the visuals, usually with fairly off-putting
results (IMO).

David.