Ugliest component ever created

[Beave]

it's an axolotl

I was just reading through this thread and I thought of the exact same thing.

 

[holdingpants01]

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[Keith_W]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Metaxas and Sins:

Take a look at their R2R. It looks as if it couldn't afford to see a dentist:

 

[holdingpants01]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Metaxas and Sins:

Take a look at their R2R. It looks as if it couldn't afford to see a dentist:

Strong Bionicle vibe in these

 

[Mart68]

The sheer hideousness of modern design came home to me recently when looking for a new CD transport or player:

 

[elberoth]

Take a look at their R2R. It looks as if it couldn't afford to see a dentist:

That is a work of art.

 

[egellings]

I prefer this sort of Kraken...

Where's the stinger on that critter?

 

[egellings]

Stereophile has a new contender on their front cover - I had to check the date! https://www.stereophile.com/content/analog-corner-314-oma-k3-turntable-schröder-tonearm

An over-engineered TT.

 

[Ricardus]

If we already have a ‘most horrific industrial design in the history of creation’ thread my apologies,
I give you this,


Keith

What was it?

 

[Ricardus]

I actually think the PS Audio stuff is hideous. They're sort of a brutalist expression with no elegance at all.

The stuff that uses LCD screens seems to be not very hi-res. The LCDs look cheap. At least Mac does cool stuff with their LCDs.

 

[Purité Audio]

What was it?

Actually can’t remember but for ugly and fatuous this takes some beating.

It is a ‘record clamp’ in case you were wondering.
Keith

 

[jhaider]

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That looks like the audio version of a modern Lexus

 

[rogu3]

I've never been a fan of MBL's electronics. To echo @jhaider they look like a pimped out Lexus.

 

[MattHooper]

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Egads. That's a top contender!

Utterly hideous and off putting. Brutalism in audio form.

 

[mhardy6647]

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gorgeous floor, though.

 

[Keith_W]

Egads. That's a top contender!

Utterly hideous and off putting. Brutalism in audio form.

Since this is a competition now ....

I give you Wadax.

 

[pablolie]

My unpopular votes would be anything created by Chord (oddly unusable) and Genelec. The latter for me is very unfortunate. Love everthing about the performance, but couldnt look at it in my living space.

 

[egellings]

Egads. That's a top contender!

Utterly hideous and off putting. Brutalism in audio form.

They're trying too hard and blowing it badly.

 

[Waxx]

This is also hideous ugly, the HSE Masterline 7 Phono preamp:

 

[Mart68]