Does your amp/preamp/int amp have to look good?


Yes, for me. I can never buy an ugly piece of audio equipment doesn't matter how good sound quality it offer :))
thuhaile
That depends on what you pay. I want both if I pay enough. Speakers may (or may not) be an exception. Ugly that still looks new, may be an indicator of how well the seller took care of the equipment.
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My Thierry Mugler and Barbera pants should look good and they do. As for stereo - it may look as it wants to.
My Kavent S33 preamp looks like a circa 1987 VCR with a lame "Kavent" font on the front, 2 knobs (no balance), a cheezy LED display, and and the remote says "remot"...but it's such an astonishingly great sounding preamp I could not care less about its looks. It must be love.