Most Beautiful Receiver / Integrated - Ever was... ?

Pioneer
http://www.curtpalme.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33658

SAE Two R-18
https://www.hifiengine.com/gallery/images/sae-two-r-18-receiver.shtml

and my favorite Marantz...
http://keywordsuggest.org/gallery/783454.html

the Marantz 2500...
http://audioklassiks.de/wordpress/?p=45

I owned late 70’s Luxman gear. Beautiful!
http://www.hilberink.nl/codehans/luxman51.htm

@lowrider57

Awesome links!! I didn't even know SAE Had done a receiver! It looks like their best looking piece of gear ever. :)

Best,

E

Does anyone remember the "suck face" series of components from Luxman?  I was a dealer and these were pretty different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dwpBckjbjM

Given that this was introduced as a fun thread, and based on a liberal interpretation of the word "receiver," I’ll nominate the cobalt blue mirrored Sparton Nocturne radio, ca. 1936.

It was designed (in terms of appearance) by a noted industrial designer named Walter Dorwin Teague, and is considered to be an iconic example of art deco industrial design. Very few are known to exist, and on the rare occasion when one appears for sale I believe they go for something like $50K.

Best regards,
-- Al

P.S: The photo doesn’t provide an indication of its size; it is about 4 feet in diameter.