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Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ?

Hello

Most of us chose an amp for it's musicality.

But if you would chose your amplifiers for it's visual aesthetic, some great looking amplifiers, metal or wood face plate, which ones you would chose ?

Myself I would chose a Pass Lab amp, for a metal face plate. And the Sonus Faber Musica Integrated Amplifier, for a wood face place.

Thank

Bye

Gaetan

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cajunpepe
255 posts
 
Cary V-12s
Pathos Adrenaline
McIntosh when in a complete "Mac Stack"
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mapman
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I really like the looks of the Jolida FX-10 tube integrated, especially for $450.

I'll probably never own a VAC Phi Beta so I might settle for the little Jolida. Nice sounding as well from what I have heard.
salectric
762 posts
 
My favorites (visually) are:
1. Emotive Audio Vita and Caeli
2. Cary 40M
3. Classe CA300

I own the last two but not, unfortunately, the Emotive amps.
onlywax
16 posts
 
I bought a Pioneer M-22 power amplifier based on its looks. I have kept it because of its sonics. It is truly fun to listen to music through this amplifier.
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atmasphere
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Years ago we wanted a different looking amp that would be a complete departure from anything we had done at the time. I consulted with one of my employees on this, who had an art degree and now works for Bel Canto. I gave him a pretty free reign, this is what he came up with:
http://www.atma-sphere.com/support/archive/novacron.html

They were built in left and right hand pairs. I think it is their looks that drives their resale; we have seen them go in auction for more than we sold them for new. I think its one of the better-looking tube amps out there, certainly one of the best we've done...
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