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Ugliest component ever created
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Tovarich007
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But that's Art, man !
It's written in the brand logoI 
wonder if this "thing" emulates the sound of a Lambo, which would be even uglier than this object.By the way, as for luxury cars, I've never beeen a fan of Lamborghini's style, macho hype ugliness. Ferrari and Porsche are much more to my taste.
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To be fair, I have to include one of my own:
A wooden, carpeted passive subwoofer which also has a plexiglass front.
Came as a present with an SUV I got some years ago and it weights a ton which makes it an even worst idea for a car.
(no photo of mine, I'm sure you all have seen such around)
Looks a little like this but without the light show and the fancy driver:
(on top of that I always felt that it has this cheap smell on it)
A wooden, carpeted passive subwoofer which also has a plexiglass front.
Came as a present with an SUV I got some years ago and it weights a ton which makes it an even worst idea for a car.
(no photo of mine, I'm sure you all have seen such around)
Looks a little like this but without the light show and the fancy driver:
(on top of that I always felt that it has this cheap smell on it)
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My wife would bury me in those if they ever came through the door.
It looks plausible as a speaker system albeit for a small auditorium. For extra credit can anybody ID what Cd's he is holding?
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Not sure why I feel moved to act as a Lambo apologistBut that's Art, man !
By the way, as for luxury cars, I've never beeen a fan of Lamborghini's style, macho hype ugliness. Ferrari and Porsche are much more to my taste.
-- but there was a time...
Looks like it was assembled from the spare parts bin.
Completely unlike the quite original Bow Wazoo!
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The completely gratuitous slide control really pulls that whole aesthetic together, don't you think?
Kind of reminds me of... something...
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Oh, in all (well... some) seriousness, and realizing I've shared this notion before (perhaps in this very thread)*, the gear motif on that Hi-Fi Rose thing puts me to mind of the venerable Argus C3 "Brick". Camera Collector Jason Schneider memorably described the styling of a bevy of relatively inexpensive but somewhat deceptively impressive looking cameras like the Argus as Imitation Precision.
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* Actually, to my relief, it was not in this thread.
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Yes one of the prettiest designs ever. But they sure are small when you see one in person. I agree on more recent Lambos. Like a prettied up piece of faux military gear.Not sure why I feel moved to act as a Lambo apologist
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As a brick owner I agree.View attachment 440524
Oh, in all (well... some) seriousness, and realizing I've shared this notion before (perhaps in this very thread)*, the gear motif on that Hi-Fi Rose thing puts me to mind of the venerable Argus C3 "Brick". Camera Collector Jason Schneider memorably described the styling of a bevy of relatively inexpensive but somewhat deceptively impressive looking cameras like the Argus as Imitation Precision.
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* Actually, to my relief, it was not in this thread.
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I knew I liked you!
I will say this, though - my father and his youngest brother traveled to Bryce and Zion canyons in the early 1950s. My father took scads of photographs on Kodachrome (in those days, the original, ASA 10 stuff, I reckon) with a C3 -- and the images were, and (last time Iooked) are still superb.
My son got me that Argus years back because of my endless rhapsodizing about my father's luck with one. My father and my son were/are (respectively) very good photographers. Unfortunately, the trait skipped a generation.
Yes. Ugliness endures. FWIW, that seems to be the stylized C4 and not the iconic C3.View attachment 440524
Oh, in all (well... some) seriousness, and realizing I've shared this notion before (perhaps in this very thread)*, the gear motif on that Hi-Fi Rose thing puts me to mind of the venerable Argus C3 "Brick". Camera Collector Jason Schneider memorably described the styling of a bevy of relatively inexpensive but somewhat deceptively impressive looking cameras like the Argus as Imitation Precision.
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* Actually, to my relief, it was not in this thread.
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I'm sure you're right about the Argus -- I am far from an expert, but the C3s of my ken were brown not grey (or is that gray?).
Not to go too far down an irrelevant (even by my standards!
) rabbit hole, but there's another Argus here (also courtesy of my son the photographer/camera/glass collector) that's rather older and somewhat tinnier than the Brick.
ahem - I'll stop now.
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This is the C3 which was known as the brick. Not a huge difference vs the C4
phoenixdogfan
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They look like the speakers H.P. Lovecraft would have owned.
phoenixdogfan
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Does it employ an ultrasonic bidet as well?
No, the bidet is a sub-woofer…
whereisbrian
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And what about this one, very useful for mashing potatoes
