Quite. But most hifi is (at best) pretty utilitarian in appearance.
I bet you if Linn, Naim or similar employed a really good designer (that bloke who does the Apple stuff, for example) to rework the look of the little metal boxes, the things would fly off the shelves.....
Then again, maybe most people like nondescript metal boxes.
Martin
Man with too many records and ugly speakers (apparently...)