What about the aesthetics of lights and displays?
Whenever possible I use dim mode/ display off.
Please change that lone Crabtree plug to a matching MK one will you?
I really detest bright blue LEDs and LCD displays and would avoid kit that had them.
My otherwise very aesthetically pleasing Leben 300f has a bright blue LED power on light which does some serious harm to the overall aesthetics. I often stand something in front of it when listening at night and have been seriously tempted to put a small sticker over it.
Sounds cool to me. There seems to be some animosity towards blue led's here and I agree with that too. Blue led's are the work of the devil. More suitable for fridge /freezers imo.My phono stage has a yellow light which turns green when the heaters reach operating temp. Does that qualify ?
I think the fact that modern fabrication technology allows more complex shapes to be achieved plays its part, too. ‘We made it this way because we now can’.Its true! I agree with the two previous comments that modern styling is moving away from conservative, nicely proportioned, tasteful , elegant.....okay I am sure you get the idea, towards a much more brash, bling, "look at me" aesthetic.
I've fallen out of love with cars of the modern era for that reason, but its more than just cars as the previous commentors noted.
So what is driving this change in style?
My theory is that its the shift in which demographics have the disposable income.
This is a 25-30-ish year old design now - timeless simplicity IMHO. http://en.audionet.de/archive/#image-1115
See I'd take blue over the green and red. Blue is best as long as its not overly bright and just a cool blue and the led is as small as possible.
If Laura Ashley did electrostatics it'd be curtains! I'll get my coat...Laura Ashley electrostatics.
Now there’s a thought...