Audio aesthetics disasters : what were they thinking.
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I don’t like it either, the spinning gold bits would induce migraineOK, 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:
Martyn Miles
pfm Member
Pfft! Amateur hour!
Feast your eyes...
A snip at only $650000.
That black elastic band look a bit cheap...
The Bish
pfm Member
Let's rest our eyes for a minute
A thing of beauty indeed.
Whaleblue
Southbound
These B&O speakers looks like someone has bought a flat pac coffee table from IKEA and somehow managed to assemble it a bit wrong.
Then I wonder if it's advertised as 'wireless'?
Well, ignoring whatever their sonic abilities may be, I think they look great!
Whaleblue
Southbound
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.
Perfect for the box-swappers among us.
russel
./_dazed_and_confused
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.
Not sure the form follows the function, more the parts it’s made from, a potato peelers form follows it’s function but I don’t think an amplifier does.
Beobloke
pfm Member
I’m not allowed to use my Gyro SE when Mrs. B is in the room as the rotating weights give her motion sickness!
paulfromcamden
Baffled
I’m not allowed to use my Gyro SE when Mrs. B is in the room as the rotating weights give her motion sickness!
Good thing you have one or two other decks Adam...
alanbeeb
pfm Member
I'm sure some people like it, but I have always thought D'Agastino to be up there in the fugly stakes:
Bathroom scales?
Gervais Cote
Predator
Well then it wouldn’t get my wife’s acceptance factor (WAF) for either the bathroom or living room !
James
Lord of the Erg\o/s
To the extent that there is zero bling with the M-22, I'd say its form follows function more so than many other amplifiers. However, it does have a rather clever design, which is to locate the four 33,000uF storage caps outside, and well away from the heat of always-on transistors.
Gervais Cote
Predator
Don’t know if it sounds great but for me they look rather scary :
https://audiovisualart.com/collection/amulet/
https://audiovisualart.com/collection/amulet/
Thank goodness, I thought I was the only one. Gyro looks great static, tho.
Funny how we're all different. The Gyrodec for me is the most beautiful audio design ever created and even though I had an LP12 for many years (bland and boring design wise) I always hankered after one. I own one now, but have Orbe'd the platter so it's lost the spinning weights, audio needs must though
In terms of hideous there are plenty to go at, but I was looking at the pics thread the other day and saw plenty of posts loving the Nagra pre-amp in there.... looked at it and nearly fell off my chair, it's utterly awful in every way. I know this won't make me popular, but I tell it like I see it:
In terms of hideous there are plenty to go at, but I was looking at the pics thread the other day and saw plenty of posts loving the Nagra pre-amp in there.... looked at it and nearly fell off my chair, it's utterly awful in every way. I know this won't make me popular, but I tell it like I see it:
david ellwood
Kirabosi Kognoscente
It also hugely depends on the setting/scale and decor sympathy.
A Gyrodek works well in the 1970’s.
A Gyrodek works well in the 1970’s.