Can't believe no one has put this out yet.
Alan Boothroyd was an industrial design genius. I coveted a full stack of 500 series Meridian components when I first got interested in hifi in the early 90s but at that time it was a bit beyond my means. I loved the playful use of colour with each component having a different coloured power key on the right hand side.I've also always had a soft spot for the style of 1990s Meridian, such as the 551 integrated I owned for a while:
Another Boothroyd design featured up threadAlan Boothroyd was an industrial design genius. I coveted a full stack of 500 series Meridian components when I first got interested in hifi in the early 90s but at that time it was a bit beyond my means. I loved the playful use of colour with each component having a different coloured power key on the right hand side.
Very steampunk!Ok, I'm pleased (HiFi Rose RA180) :
Looks like vaporware, as if it only exists in this CAD rendering.Ok, I'm pleased (HiFi Rose RA180) :
i'm starting to like the simpler things as of late
now, if it only wasn't for the blue led's (can i get the the calssic green, or at least orange/red, as in the small nixie tubes in first calc's and digital watches? i'd kill for a modern integrated with a display made of those...)
This is not a dig, but it's so interesting to see how truly different we are. I can't look at Parasound. The way this indentation:way to steampunk for my taste
i'm starting to like the simpler things as of late
now, if it only wasn't for the blue led's (can i get the the calssic green, or at least orange/red, as in the small nixie tubes in first calc's and digital watches? i'd kill for a modern integrated with a display made of those...)
Yeah, it probably won't look has good in hand, with so much details that could mess up the overall design. Still is a nice attempt to make something different and appealing in my opinion. And as a plus, the volume knob really does make the cogs turn !Looks like vaporware, as if it only exists in this CAD rendering.
This is not a dig, but it's so interesting to see how truly different we are.
Yup. Having experienced many, many similar "most beautiful xxx" and "ugliest xxx" threads over the years, I find that the selections are often similar. De justibus........why would it be, neither was my comment
the whole idea behind this topic is difference in tastes, isn't it?
Whoa.Ok, I'm pleased (HiFi Rose RA180) :
For what it's worth, I'd just like to underscore this insight. It reminds me of my aesthetic beef re: many things Parasound. The brand is responsible for good quality and not inexpensive hifi componentry -- but much of it looks cheap. It's got that 1980s/early '90s "imitation precision" look of the rack stereo systems that became popular in those days, and/or the genre known on some forums as "BPC" (Black Plastic Cr@p). It's not cheap -- but it looks cheap!This is not a dig, but it's so interesting to see how truly different we are. I can't look at Parasound. The way this indentation:
The Sutherland N1 featured Nixie tubes, but it was a preamp, not an integrated amp.i'm starting to like the simpler things as of late
now, if it only wasn't for the blue led's (can i get the the calssic green, or at least orange/red, as in the small nixie tubes in first calc's and digital watches? i'd kill for a modern integrated with a display made of those...)
Nixies, for that warm retro... umm... display aesthetic.The Sutherland N1 featured Nixie tubes, but it was a preamp, not an integrated amp.
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because we thankfully live in a time and place when/where we canNixies are cool... but... why?!?