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Who, do you think, designs the best looking tube-based devices?

The reason I chose specifically devices with tubes is because, in my opinion, it's much harder to design something good -not to mention gorgeous- looking with tubes and transformers sticking out.

From the ones that I know, which is not a lot, Airtight and Allnic designs stand out in my eyes. Shindo and Atma Sphere, on the other hand, do not look appealing at all. KT-Audio looks beautiful internally, whereas externally it's nothing special...yet?

I'm only asking about design, I don't care about sound :-)
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lissnr
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My 2 favorite tube amps are simply big badass beasts: for sheer “ King of the hill awesome” nothing beats the mammoth presence and sheer audacity of the [quad chassis]
Tube Research Labs GT800’s....
and for wicked absolute ‘coolness‘ the Wavestream Kinetics V8 Monoblocs have no peers either. Tubes rule... and with big enough transformers / caps / and enough output tubes, SS has nothin’ on them ( including bass )...just my 2 cents...
john1
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It's hard to believe that virtually everyone has overlooked the elephant in the room here, that in some ways bestrides the non-hybrid, tube audio landscape like a colossus, Vladimir Lamm & his co. Lamm.  
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Allnic Audio L-7000 preamp black 
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Allnic Audio L-7000 preamp, black 
audioinfidel OP
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Just discovered another one, which looks plainly, but still very pretty somehow:
Triode Lab (and its sister company Finale)
Some Line Magnetic units also look decent
@davespencer, although L-7000 does look very pretty, I prefer L-9000's design. However, the difference is minute. I'd say if L-9000 is a 100, L-7000 would be 97/100 :-)
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