@mtbiker29 then there is "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
One I like to use is "That is unique"
One of the chefs once told me “the first taste is with the eyes” and I think that applies here.
Call me crazy but I love sometimes just looking at my speakers and set up...
Hello All,
You know I see all these specially designed and built home movie theaters. And they’re magnificent. And of course they all have in wall speakers. I also understand that most people don’t want to see all of the equipment. But I do. Sometimes I will just look and admire my setup (especially my speakers, but my amp too) even when I’m not listening. That’s why for me looks are very important. I feel like up to a certain point within a speaker manufacturers lineup/range everything looks mostly normal but then after about their mid line things start getting weird, LOL! I’m a lifelong Dynaudio lover and even if cost was no object the highest I’d go is Contour....Even if I were to have a true in home movie theater built I would want the speakers visible...Any of you sometimes just like to look and admire your rig?
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Same here. Aesthetics of any gear I'll be staring at for long periods of time are very important to me. As it happens two of the speakers I own - Thiel 2.7 and Joseph Audio Perspectives - not only are among my favorite sounding speakers but my favorite looking speakers. Just classy, high quality design and finishes, and I often admire them just passing by the listening room (which opens to our main front hallway) or even just sitting in the room when music isn't playing.
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Thank you for the great responses! Also thank you for letting me know it's not just me who does this LOL! @prof 100% same. You know I'll walk in the room to grab something and then find myself sitting and gawking for a few minutes even without the system playing. You know it's funny but it's sound that matters most (if I didn't love the sound I wouldn't buy), but if I don't like the looks I won't even listen. I guess thankfully (especially considering my funds do have limits) I'm in audio nirvana with my Evokes and Simaudio Titan and don't need anything else :)
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@oddiofyl you made me laugh, I would have never thought it possible for anything other than a woman to look "sexy", but when I first opened the Evokes that's the first comment I made (literally out loud) was "damn they're actually kinda sexy"!🤣 |
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