In Reply to: Unfortunately, what I think looks best may not sound best posted by okiemax on June 22, 2006 at 21:52:36:
But I covered that contingency. For although I care how my components look and I'm sure that plays "some" role in my final selection. I said "IF" two components sounded the same to me, I'd pick the one that looked better to me and I DON'T BELIEVE that means I'd pick and amp whose sound I didn't like because (or sounded a lot worse) just because I liked how it looked.I'm sure the Objectivists here will blow this way out of proportion, but I'll go so far as to admit that if I heard a great sounding amp that looked like a breadboard with a spaghetti of wires and tubes pointing everywhere and also heard another amp that sounded very, very good, and looked like a finished manufacuerd product but just not quite as nice sounding as the "breadboard" amp. I'd probably pick the finished manufacuerd product!
Now before tearing that statement apart temper you words with this knowledge, the amps sounded very close but the "breadboard" amp while sounding ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER looked EXTREMELY UGLY, wherein the finished manufacured product looked VERY NICE and sounded ONLY SLIGHTLY WORSE, but still very good. Now attack away if you feel the need, but at least I'm honest.
Thetubeguy1954
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