For the Audiophile with a taste for good design(looks)....a question.


What are your favorite audio components and speakers based on the way they look (looked).  Yes, I know that sound is what counts and that is my major influence, but I do enjoy well designed/good looking products.   I no longer do, but did have a collection of art deco radios, both table models and consoles.....and that was all about design rather than their audiophile qualities.  Thanks 

whatjd
Larry, it is not always the women. I did architecture and interior design for years, even taught. Most of the best industrial design, architecture and MOMA consumer products were designed by men. Very few Ferraris, Porsche, Packards and others were designed by women. Women can and do design great things. But to say that men goober anything up not true...who designed and built that building you are living in or the car you drive or most of the furniture in your home?  Do a Google search with the word Bauhaus or name Raymond Loewy....just for a basic beginning. 

Do google/ebay for great designers, buildings, homes, cars, coffee pots and more and see which gender designed them.  Like men are bad cooks, the vast majority of world class restaurants I have been to have a man for head chef.....not to mention the aircraft I flew on to get there.   Both genders can excel. 




Many Audiophiles revere what the coveted as youths.
In your case not so much. 
I agree about beauty. 
This is why I refuse to listen to certain brands for fear I might like them.
I won't mention which in order to avoid a war here.
Amp- Leben, Shindo, Mac
Speaker- Chord ELS 57,most else is pretty much ugly.

Let us know what you choose!

For aesthetic beauty, it's hard to beat any component with exposed tubes. MC's lava light is nice too. 
"...not to mention the aircraft I flew on to get there."

A pilot, or the designer, or the engineer(s)?