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How Much Do Aesthetics Factor Into Your Decisions?

Right or wrong, I have always taken what a component looks like into consideration when making a purchase. I like my components to look good.

Much like when I buy clothes. Fit, comfort and construction are important, but clothing also has to make you feel good when you wear it.

How do you feel about it.

Do you want everything to have a certain synergy of appearance, or are you okay wearing brown shoes with a tuxedo? So to speak.

128x128tony1954
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oddiofyl
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Absolutely sound is paramount.    

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jjss49
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looks and feel matters, something that is very ugly or quite awkward to use can indeed be a knock out factor, but the sound quality must be worth having in the first place - it is the raison d’etre for a piece of hifi gear

newbee
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I won't buy 'pretty' if it doesn't sound good. I won't by 'ugly' if it sounds great. A credo that applies to most things in my life. Looks great/sounds good, sounds great/looks good works quite well though.

dabel
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Aesthetics of a Chord DAC. I’ve never heard any but I could see their appearance growing on an individual.

mgattmch
572 posts
 

Great question, no right or wrong answer here, this is purely a personal choice. In my case, the aesthetics of a HiFi system in my living room are important, I don’t want to look at an ugly collection of boxes whilst listening to music. Case in point, this is one very aesthetically appealing (to me at least) systems I have ever assembled:

https://www.audiogon.com/systems/7324

And it sounds magnificent IMHO.

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