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The Butt Ugliest Receiver Ever???

the worst part of the big G- sansuis has to be the side mounted inputs and outputs. who wants all the wires hanging out in front? i mean it's convenient but man is it ugly.

notice that a lot of these ugly receivers use horrible fonts for their control labels and the numbers on the tuners. sansui at least got the fonts right with one of the prettiest looking dial fonts i've seen on a receiver:

http://www.sansui.us/images/G9700_00008.jpg

they didn't get the tuner font right on the G-X000 series:

http://www.sansui.us/images/G9000_Sereis/g9000.jpg
 
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mayorbill11 said:
the worst part of the big G- sansuis has to be the side mounted inputs and outputs. who wants all the wires hanging out in front? i mean it's convenient but man is it ugly.

notice that a lot of these ugly receivers use horrible fonts for their control labels and the numbers on the tuners. sansui at least got the fonts right with one of the prettiest looking dial fonts i've seen on a receiver:

http://www.sansui.us/images/G9700_00008.jpg
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I have the 4700. I bought it for $4, thinking it was just too good to pass up but confusing it with the R series at the time. Boy, was I WRONG! What a nice receiver!

The display for the freq was goofed up but I discovered a bad path in that board and jumpered it and now it's fine.

I really don't think that the Grundig is all that ugly. It's cool in a B&O sort of way. What are the specs?
 
vintagestereo said:
Alright team....let's GRUN FOR GRUNDIG!!!!!! :banana:
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Thats the reason why grundig is out of business today. Grundig is closed, the car radio production+development is sold to Delphi.
In the 80' they even made gear with brown aluminium frontplates :sigh:
 
mayorbill11 said:
the worst part of the big G- sansuis has to be the side mounted inputs and outputs. who wants all the wires hanging out in front? i mean it's convenient but man is it ugly.

notice that a lot of these ugly receivers use horrible fonts for their control labels and the numbers on the tuners. sansui at least got the fonts right with one of the prettiest looking dial fonts i've seen on a receiver:

http://www.sansui.us/images/G9700_00008.jpg

they didn't get the tuner font right on the G-X000 series:

http://www.sansui.us/images/G9000_Sereis/g9000.jpg
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My Pioneer SA-9500 has the side mounted deals. I actually kind of like it, It's in an entertaonment center that's at "eye level". I'm just a good looking right sized guy tho. :yes:
 
Thanks to all AKrs for their time and trouble in producing an entertaining thread of
the Good-the Bad and the Ugly!
 
vintagestereo said:
Some would say it's my Harman Kardon hk670i.

In defense of this much maligned Receiver, I must say that for 60 wpc the four 10,000 uF filter caps are a nice touch, as is the 4 Gang tuner. The circuit boards are "clean" and there is ample heatsinking. However for a "Twin Power" design, as it claims on the front, where's that second Power Transformer???? :scratch2: Should I put out an APB?? :music:

It's hard to believe that this was h/k's TOTL Receiver during the "Power Wars". Rather than pack as many buttons and features in as possible, h/k went the opposite direction. However, ugly as it is, the big tuning scale makes it super easy to dial in stations and the oddball stying does grow on you after awhile, since it simply looks like nothing else out there.

It has some interesting little design details, like the huge Signal Quality Meter/Multipath Meter and the Center Tuning LED atop the station indicator, the dual Red LEDS atop the Power Button (why?) and the Red LED showing when either of the Tape Monitors are activated.

And, frankly, the sound quality from the DC Ampifier is pretty AMAZING. In fact, I'd say it's the most impressive 60 wpc Receiver I've heard.

So, it makes a great "Q Ship" Receiver. It takes pride of ownership in a completely different direction!

Is this the ugliest or can you top it??? Please post pics as proof!
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I wouldn't call it "ugly", just a little different. Definately not the norm.... That's good too me!

Enjoy it,

Ron
 
M Jarve said:
Let's not forget Bose or Bose Denmark (B&O). Is that B&O a receiver or a telephone ansering machine?

Though, as Bose bashing/joking aside, I would not mind having one of those receivers on my workbench for a minuet.
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Those two analog-dial ones have a quite Euro look to them, Mike; I have to agree with you :yes:. They'd look nice and unique in an office setting too, IMHO.
Tom
 
Might I recommend this rare German Schneider: another "bundeswehr" receiver.
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Or perhaps this Kenwood's fine use of the "Ginza" style might be more to your taste.
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Way to go, pmsummer. :thmbsp:
You managed to get not one, but two of the strongest contenders for the title here. :yes:
Those two look positively disgusting. :yuck:
Jorge
 
I really enjoyed this thread. Why?
To me, it is just a lot of eye candy. I really can't consider those receivers ugly. I have to admit, their WAF (women-acceptance-factor) might be low, but with really a few exceptions i would pay for the receivers shown in this thread.

For bad design check the ninetees. This is the decade when *everything* turned ugly, but y'all know that ;)
 
I think the got a certain, wang about them, its the part of it that seperates it from others. Somebody put there entire mind on these and said this is my design and i congratulate them on their milestone, i wish i had some of them!
 
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