Most aesthetically pleasing amplifiers

[zeropoint]

Eversolo AMP-F6:

 

[HalSF]

They won’t measure great most of the time but it’s hard to not pick a tube amp here.

For me the best thing about the look of tube amps comes when the lights are low and the music’s playing and the tubes are glowing and floating in the near dark. Same thing for the lights of solid-state amps.

 

[Urmph]

There were some really nice "Anti-bling" amps around in the 90s, I particularly liked some the of the NAD, Audiolab and Cyrus stuff; I think the muted, grey aesthetic made them stand out from the predomonantly black, silver and gold of the Japanese manufactures, like Marantz, Denon, Yamaha, etc.:

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Having said that, there are some great looking things at the flashier end of the spectrum:

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For me personally it's all moot; I now have active speakers.

I still have my Cyrus II and PSX power supply I bought with my first ever bonus. It’s packed up in its original box in the garage as I can’t bring myself to try and sell it. I did get the amp out during lockdown to compare to some Naim amps I had at the time and it held its own.

 

[Urmph]

Musical Fidelity M6xi
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I have the M6Si and like the solid industrial look of MS amps.

 

[Pauli]

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Inspired by this, I tried to create a »Face-to-Face-View« illustration of the SE-R1. Seems I can’t cope with the photos’ visual attraction though ...

64 Technics SE R1 Final Render — Postimages

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[Mort]

Vintage Soviet Brig-1
50w / 8ohm

 

[Timmeon]

Bryston for simplicity. No meters. Just a power button and the best logo in the biz.

 

[Michou]

TEAC AS-100 (1972)

 

[Mart68]

TEAC AS-100 (1972)
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Reminds me of the Denon PMA 830:

 

[Pauli]

Bryston [...] the best logo in the biz.

That’s a bold statement, begging for numerous adjustments

 

[Mosfet]

Classe CA-200 power amp.

Clean, quiet and powerful

 

[Archguy]

As far as open style tube amplifiers go, I always thought that the Atma-Sphere Novacron amps were particularly aesthetically pleasing. These are 60W OTL monoblocks.View attachment 551712

We all know why they made their pairs in mirror images, and I applaud them for doing so. But it's a lot of fabrication expense for zero sonic benefit. Oh well.

 

[Eric Natural]

with the rosewood sides :

 

[Audionaut]

Pioneer

M22

M25

 

[Audionaut]

Kenwood L08M

 

[Audionaut]

Luxman L525

 

[Audionaut]

Pioneer A27

 

[Audionaut]

Technics SU R1000E

 

[Audionaut]

Restek Fable

 

[Gorgonzola]

Recently I saw this Sony FA7ES integrated amp that struck me as very handsome for sale at a well-know audiophile sale site ...