@Tony L red, green and blue are primary colours and can often be seen in nature.
I obviously realise this, but I can’t think of a single example of the ultra narrow bandwidth harsh blue of modern LEDs in nature. The closest I can think of is maybe some of the bio-luminosity of some very deep-sea creatures, but certainly nothing I have personally experienced in my time on this planet. It is simply not a natural colour.
It's of zero importance to me. Form follows function. The casework of an amp provides a stable platform on which to bolt the mains transformer, smoothing caps etc and the sides a suitable place for heatsinks if required. Input and output sockets etc are an obvious requirement and where better for them than the back panel... That's as much thought as goes into it. For my own use equipment will often have no casework and a power amp for example may well consist of mains transformer, smoothing caps, boards and heatsinks just plonked on a bit of plywood and put on the carpet between the speakers... I need to have unhindered access to do tests and to carry out modifications and there's a very good chance that say a power amp will be used for a few months to a few years and then I'll take it apart and re-use the heatsinks, transformer etc for a new idea so the vast cost of casework and all the drilling, filing, cutting involved is just a right costly PITA.
I’d never have known you’d painted that dock black, I spotted it the other day and assumed they’d made a black model.Aesthetics - How important are they?
We have a room for the stereo, and I buy hifi, so it is my choice.
Black boxes apart from the record decks and the speakers.
I did buy a silver-grey coloured pure ipod dock/dac, but painted it black.
Nearly completed new shelving for the hifi (this has been going on for years), just one longish glass shelf on L-brackets for the turntable PSU, phono stages and aforementioned ipod classic dock. Also I need a bit of space for stylus cleaning paraphernalia, pencil and special tape.
I am also constructing a slide-in-from-the-side cable shield, which will be colour matched to the paint on the wall.
The effect is very pleasing. It also hides part of the shelving supports, giving the impression of floating shelves.
Aesthetics are important to me.
"we first covert with our eyes..."
I think it is a quote from Silence of the Lambs.
'Form follows Function' could also be part of this discussion, but I ain't there yet.
I love the look of that Tony, it’s neat and unfussy, and I love the stand. What is the stand by the way?
Not one single thing ‘matches’ in any of my systems, but I have no issue with that at all. The only thing I don’t like aesthetically here is I obviously ran out of space and need a better solution for the reel to reel (which now has a Walkman Pro cassette deck sitting on top of it).
Don`t call it a false cupboard, it`s an alternative cupboard.
Maybe a failing cupboard? That’s what I hear some people saying...Don`t call it a false cupboard, it`s an alternative cupboard.
I do have a strong dislike for blue and white LED's and don't get why so many seem to like them.
I'm looking for a pair to match my Laurence Llewelyn Bowen monoblocks.If Laura Ashley did electrostatics it'd be curtains!
My Arkless Turbo has a blue light.
I'm looking for a pair to match my Laurence Llewelyn Bowen monoblocks.
Ba boom!
Have you thought of supercharging your Arkless 640P Turbo?