Remember when, in the 1980s, silver audio components suddenly became unobtainable? You'd have thought Henry "any color so long as it's black" had been put in charge. Well, I HATE any product, audio or otherwise, that is both black and (theoretically) functional. BECAUSE THE BUTTONS ARE FUCKING INVISIBLE -- BLACK ON BLACK! I literally need a flashlight to find the controls. Never have I understood how consumers manage to tolerate the Great Audio Blackwash. These days I'm down to only two black components: a stereo tuner and a cassette player. The cassette is rarely used, and the tuner is set permanently to NPR. These are black for the simply reason that SILVER IS NOT AVAILABLE in tuners (the NAD is the last one on the market -- comes in black only, of course), and cassette players haven't been made since I turned 30. So hooray for Schiit, Cambridge, Parasound, Rogue, PrimaLuna, Aurender & others that offer silver components with classic styling. The Yggy even has rounded corners, like the old Peachtree Grand Pre. But I repeat: it's not JUST looks; it's function, baby. If I can't see it, it doesn't exist.