Ugliest Component of the Year 2024!

I realize beauty is in the eye of the beholder but this one should ranks in top 10.

I always loved the MC275 and its predecessors but this new trend which has extended to MC830 is a bit of head scratcher.

Feel free to add your pick…no judgements!

lalitk12-09-2024 6:57pm

noromance Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,789 posts 12-10-2024 at 06:14pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Anything that uses LEDs to light up the tubes is ridiculous in my book.
larryi Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,008 posts 12-10-2024 at 06:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete LEDs tend to increase noise to the power supply circuit. Perhaps, that improves the sound of some gear where noise is preferable to what the amp puts out.
dekay Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,585 posts 12-10-2024 at 06:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete https://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2009/10/25/asspeaker03.jpg DeKay
larryi Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,008 posts 12-10-2024 at 06:58pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete DeKay, Holy s**t, that is a real looker, although what looks like a port when the thing is closed is really going too far. I recall people talking about putting toilet paper over the tweeter on Klipsch Heresy speakers; toilet paper stuffed in that port would really be too much to even think about.
tony1954 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,046 posts 12-10-2024 at 07:14pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @barts "So it goes."