Ugliest Component of the Year 2024!

OMG,, @lalitk , those look like the server room at your locale telecom company have a fungal infection.

https://wolfvonlanga.de/wvl-loudspeakers/wolf-von-langa-33221-berlin

How did anyone sign off these as "ok, they will love it".  WTF are they.

Love this humorous thread! Great stuff posted! 

A lot of pent up humor released on me all at once.  it’s too much.  I’ll have to be a cheerful old F all day.

Great topic! I think that the beauty is in the sound, so give me a big ugly, if it sounds great, the appearance will be more acceptable, 

I actually painted my transformers on my monoblocks Islanders colors. They still sound awesome!

Shoot me, but I like the McIntosh designs. A bit retro, which I like. Come on, who here wouldn’t want a big honkin’ Sansui or Marantz receiver in their rack, even if it was just for show? I have a C220 preamp, and love the LED lit front panel. It sits on the top of my rack.

Frankly, I think the Chord designs look like R2D2 vomited out his lunch. I tend dislike asymmetrical designs.