Arkless Electronics
Trade: Amp design and repairs.
And it keeps on coming...
proof of the saying that money can't buy you good taste.
Audio aesthetics disasters : what were they thinking.
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proof of the saying that money can't buy you good taste.
Jono_13
Duffer
Mental steam punkI know they can be amazing but I really struggle with MBL speakers, sorry:
notevenclose
pfm Member
"I have two goals.
The first is that everything I do as a designer must have an idea: it cannot just look nice.
The second is, it has to look nice."
Paul Rand.
John Michell had an idea, and a consistent approach. That's worthy of respect whether you like the end result or not.
The first is that everything I do as a designer must have an idea: it cannot just look nice.
The second is, it has to look nice."
Paul Rand.
John Michell had an idea, and a consistent approach. That's worthy of respect whether you like the end result or not.
joe9407
actress/activist
Of course, and I do. I just wouldn't have one in my living room. (I said in advance that I was sticking my neck out!)
Tony L
Administrator
OK, I'll put my neck on the chopping block... I have never gotten on with the Gyrodec, looks-wise, even though for some it's the pinnacle of audio design:
I love it, especially in the full acrylic case with lid, though that isn’t the arm I’d pick aesthetically (I’d go SME, Graham, Morch something like that). It is the logical end-point of the beautiful Transcriptors kit of the ‘60s and ‘70s.
joe9407
actress/activist
A Morch would be a good choice aesthetically. I think the Hydraulic Ref. is a good-looking 'table -- but only with a record on the platter!
Chops54
pfm Member
OK, I'll put my neck on the chopping block... I have never gotten on with the Gyrodec, looks-wise, even though for some it's the pinnacle of audio design:
A masterpiece.
notevenclose
pfm Member
No, I probably wouldn't either. I bet it's a bugger to dust.
Caledon1297
pfm Member
You can never have too many drivers... apparently.
Caledon1297
pfm Member
OK, I'll put my neck on the chopping block... I have never gotten on with the Gyrodec, looks-wise, even though for some it's the pinnacle of audio design:
Pfft! Amateur hour!
Feast your eyes...
A snip at only $650000.
Caledon1297
pfm Member
No, not a Transformer, it's an amplifier!
And from the same company, a less expensive option (only $650000, as opposed to $2.2m for the above)
And from the same company, a less expensive option (only $650000, as opposed to $2.2m for the above)
Tony L
Administrator
As someone who favours either true point-source speakers or tiny mini-monitors that are very close to it that’s pretty much my nightmare scenario before we even get to looks!
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
Maybe the bloke who stuck the logo on put them all on the wrong side?I'm a great fan of form following function.
But I have yet to figure out why the input and speaker terminals are located in the front of the amp, rather than the back.
Not ugly at all in my estimation. Just purposeful.
Timcat
pfm Member
OK, I'll put my neck on the chopping block... I have never gotten on with the Gyrodec, looks-wise, even though for some it's the pinnacle of audio design:
Kubrick had Alex play Beethoven on the original Hydraulic Reference TT, so you gotta be wrong!
Cereal Killer
432
Gryphon, MBL and Tidal kit looks hideous IMHO
Steve Jobs was a Gyrodec owner too. I think the Gyro design is pretty timeless, but personally not totally to my tastes. I do, however, really like the Tecnodec - aesthetically speaking.
notevenclose
pfm Member
Pfft! Amateur hour!
Feast your eyes...
A snip at only $650000.
It must be smaller than you think at first though — assuming those are USB2 ports along the front.
Darren L
Egalitarian
It is, especially the full acrylic version, I loved mine when I first bought it but found over time that I couldn't be bothered with the clamp, was a pain to keep clean and found the spinning gold weights rather tiring.