Do Aesthetics Matter?

[Oddball]

Time to face the truth - I always had a cable fetish and despite the relatively high aesthetic criteria otherwise (at leat I think so ), I always liked to see my cables bare.

 

[Anton S]

Agreed. TBF though you see enough pictures of systems online that likely sound wonderful, but look like an disused IT server room.

Hey, I resemble that remark!

While I do take aesthetics into consideration when selecting speakers, my electronics are allowed to look however they must look to achieve my audio goals.

 

[wadude]

Aesthetics do matter. Thankfully my S.O. is very flexible about it. I like the hifi itself looking industrial minimalist, wires visible and hangin’ loose.

 

[xanalog]

All my audio/video hardware (and their cables) are kept out-of-sight; even the TV is on a lift system.
I had earmarked a pair of MoFi SourcePoint 888s but had to settle for the SourcePoint10s... because the SP888 are ginormous!

My gear-phobia seems to diffuse any aesthetics and/or WAF issues.
"Yes honey, the SP10s are ugly but not SP888 fugly!"

 

[BeeKay]

So, do aesthetics matter to you