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The Cyclicality of Black Vs Silver

Lately, I can't decide if I prefer the silver or black faceplates which are available for my various Audio Research components.

This reminds me that just like car manufacturers, audio companies seem to go back and forth between silver and black cases, no doubt to try and grab the market's attention with something "new"?

Personally, I can't stand silver or chrome trim on any cars made after about 1975, but I notice that some new cars are going back to chrome trim around the windows.

What are your thoughts on silver? Black? Or God forbid, iPod or 1980's Adcom white?

What makes for the most timelessly stylish audio components?

Happy Thanksgiving,

Cwlondon (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

11-25-09

Responses (1-39 of 39)

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11-25-09 Well, at least i know that i prefer black discs over silver. ... Viridian

11-25-09 I really like the black finish better. i wish that all comp ... Mofimadness

11-25-09 Waf makes more of a difference. a while back some studies s ... Buconero117

11-25-09 Chalk up another vote for black. personally i don't want my ... Xti16

11-25-09 That audio research silver faceplate; there's something icon ... Theduke

11-25-09 At the risk of sounding.... it depends on how well it compli ... Rakuennow

11-25-09 Black never goes out of style and always matches. Entrope

11-25-09 I like equipment that combines the best of both... black wit ... Tom6897

11-25-09 Mine is heinz 57 all colors♫ Hifitime

11-25-09 i have never owned mcintosh, but they have their own timele ... Cwlondon

11-25-09 I suppose black retains heat and silver reflects light. pick ... Unsound

11-25-09 Hoping we don't lose focus on the black/silver debate, we co ... Cwlondon

11-25-09 Was it fred kaplan that suggested that the differences we at ... Unsound

11-26-09 Listen in the dark and it will not matter:@ Tom6897

11-26-09 Tom6897, some people have front projectors. Unsound

11-26-09 This is somewhat of a tangent to the main question and a ran ... Sfar

11-26-09 I have to jump in here, as i only have black pieces in my sy ... Driver

11-27-09 Paisley Audiofeil

11-27-09 No!...fred kaplan Fmkaplan

11-28-09 I hope i don't get flogged for this, but i think that an arc ... Cyclonicman

12-01-09 Ok fred, sorry. who was it then, art dudley? btw, i think it ... Unsound

12-11-09 Out of context with a specific interior, i prefer black. oth ... Dante7

12-11-09 It would be interesting to find out from arc what the curren ... Zargon

12-28-09 further to cyclonicman's point, i confess that i a) bough ... Cwlondon

09-22-10 Black rules, period. to me. i agree that silver might be e ... Artmaltman

09-22-10 James tanner of bryston said that black sells more in 2 chan ... Kbarkamian

09-23-10 Black for me...clayton, lamm, lector no other choice, and th ... Mitch2

10-22-10 If i had more money than common sense i'd have all my compo ... Lewhite

10-31-10 Silver sounds better just joking. Ebm

11-02-10 I'm always torn on this one because i like both silver and b ... Rja

11-23-10 Rja, fyi: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de& ... Unsound

11-25-10 Silber und schwarz, yah! Rja

12-01-10 A customer rep of a famous brand of very high end audio gear ... Artmaltman

03-07-11 When the component is just a box, i prefer black. when the c ... Jorgeparrapuppy

03-09-11 I think its all component dependent and what you are used to ... Lou_setriodes

04-27-11: Mrmitch
I prefer black on components because it seems less obtrusive visually to me. Absolute Sound had an interesting article back in the 80's about the color of components in connection with how we perceive their sound, vide, do black components have a "dark" sound, or do gold colored components have a "warm" sound. Interesting stuff. And to Lou whose response is above mine, when I took a quick look at your handle, I thought you were Greek until it dawned on me what your handle really meant-lol!! (Laughing at my own inadequacy, not about nationality!)--Mrmitch
Mrmitch (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

04-27-11 My current system is pretty much all black. except my speak ... Musicpod

04-28-11 I like my audio components the same way i like my women.... ... Isochronism

05-12-11 I always seem to gravitate to black. recently purchased an u ... Gkella