As evidenced by the range of responses, “ good design looks” can mean eye candy or museum level cabinetry.
I never had a listening session with plasma speakers, but imagine if you like tube amp aura then turning down the lights with plasmas running would float your boat. Me, I REALLY wonder what they sound like.
in my early 20’s I had a Sound Shaper III equalizer, 35 red lights glowing and a pair of level meters doing the dance as music played. Gadgetry ruled.
Regarding earlier post stating they thought Vandy wood Quatros are beautiful, yeah but only if you compare them to how ugly earlier sock covered Vandys were.
In todays offerings, I don’t much like the look of Blades speakers although I admit it took guts to push them to market. They sounded awesome in one showroom, mediocre in another.
i think if the founder of Green Mountain audio was still with us, he would have come up with a new audacious design, his last design, Calypso, was interesting to look at