I think it could be said that some speaker designs are quite unusual in appearance. One either likes it or hates it. Other designs are quite conservative which equates to boring, the boxy design with a narrow width and longer depth made out of some variety of budget conscious MDF. But at least with many of these, stains or wood grain laminates are often offered to dress it up.
I still like the curved cabinet variety, with a nice wood grain, but even that is probably seen as conservative by some. Still, it's usually a lot harder to manufacture, or at least if your doing it to minimize standing waves and resonances. I'm still surprised that a newish company like Tekton has paid such little attention to looks, with greens, blues and yellows as color options for a 3000+ speaker. Hideous.
I still like the curved cabinet variety, with a nice wood grain, but even that is probably seen as conservative by some. Still, it's usually a lot harder to manufacture, or at least if your doing it to minimize standing waves and resonances. I'm still surprised that a newish company like Tekton has paid such little attention to looks, with greens, blues and yellows as color options for a 3000+ speaker. Hideous.