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
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.
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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. |
The latest MoFi SourcePoint 10 speaker has the top veneer installed cockeyed, 90 deg. to the horizontal veneer up the side. I have never heard the speaker and would never buy it because of that. Call me anal but esthetics does factor in a bit and I never though I would say that. There are some pretty butt ugly speakers out there but overall, if they sound good I could live with it (except the SourcePoint 10) |
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