Audio aesthetics disasters : what were they thinking.

[narabdela]

Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder. I like the PT 'The Pip' and the DNM thingies.

 

[TheDecameron]

Where's Allen Boothroyd when you need him.....?
RIP

Indeed, classically beautiful industrial design.

 

[TheDecameron]

This. Plastic lunch box with cooker knobs aesthetic!

Coincidentally they had a Primus.

http://www.dnm.co.uk/previouspreamps.html

 

[busb]

Enjoy!

http://www.metaxas.com/HIFI_2015.pdf

At least the girl has lovely legs if not the gear. As for butt-ugly gear in general - I nominate most stuff from Chord Electronics who also manage to include equally awful ergonomics. Deviate from simple box designs at your peril!

 

[Martyn Miles]

This. Plastic lunch box with cooker knobs aesthetic!

I remember when I first saw one, and wondered what the green scribble on the left meant.
It was ages before I figured out it was ‘dnm.’
Wasn’t Denis Morecroft a little obsessive over ‘all plastic and no metal please.’