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Ugly vs Gogeous speakers

I know speakers should be all about sound but I can't help responding to the look as well and this presents me with a dilemma.

I have owned B&W Nautilus 803's for many years and love the sound and value (excellent sound for reasonable cost). I would love to upgrade but I (and wife) think that the retro Star Wars R2D2 looking speaker (802) is nothing we would have in our living space.

What do others think the best looking / sounding speaker is? Do looks matter to you?

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imhififan
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Ugly? Gogeous?
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213runnin
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Imhififan, I'm not sure which, but I can't stop staring at them.  They're like robots!
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jmcgrogan2
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@imhififan , ugly, IMHO.
Does look like R2D2.
prof
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I had to get rid of one of the most beautiful speakers I’ve ever had in my room - a pair of Audio Physic Scorpios in perfect room-matching ebony.
I bought them because I’ve always loved audio physic speakers, the reviews were excellent, and they were virtually my aesthetic ideal. Turned out they didn’t have quite the same tone of previous AP speakers that I craved and didn’t quite do it for me, so I sadly had to bid them farewell.

The right sound always has to be there, of course.

On the other hand, the right look to some degree as well.  For instance, though I'm quite intrigued by all the talk of Tekton, I don't think I could ever live with a pair of those things aesthetically.

BTW, imhififan, if there could ever be something truly "objectively ugly," those speakers make a great case for it.
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