I'll zip up my flame suit, duck, and then say that I find the entire Concept line to be realllly ugly things.
The Butt Ugliest Receiver Ever???
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technicsbest
Member
This is just an amp, but for something out of the mid 70's you'd expect alot better looking! It a B&O Beolab 1700. Quite ugly and needs alot of work. Its missing its teak sides, still have the top though.
Now we're getting somewhere. Looks pretty ugly, to me.:thmbsp:
pmsummer
simul justus et peccator
This is just an amp, but for something out of the mid 70's you'd expect alot better looking! It a B&O Beolab 1700. Quite ugly and needs alot of work. Its missing its teak sides, still have the top though.
Nothing ugly about it, too me, when it's all in one piece.
Sansui Louie
Curmudgeon
Sansui Louie
Curmudgeon
The ReVox stuff from that time period always looked like it belonged in a hospital room, with some tubes and wires hooked up to a patient.
Nothing ugly about it, too me, when it's all in one piece.
:lmao::lmao::lmao: Reminds me of the game on The Price is Right I'd paint the sliders red, yellow and green, probably make it look like the Grundig which nobody has reposted pic's of btw or the galaxy commander?!?! come on I waht to see some butt-uglies:thmbsp:
Craig
I think I need to remove my eyes! 
ugliest receiver? how about the PIONEER VSX-99/D3S. hell, how about all of their models from 1994/97!! damned '90s european design asthetic and all...:thumbsdn:
DAMNED HOMELY LOOKING BEAST,EH? WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE REMOTE...
1990 VSX-D1S remote (LEFT) 1995 VSX-99/D3S remote (RIGHT)
"intelligent system control" my ass!!!!:thumbsdn:
DAMNED HOMELY LOOKING BEAST,EH? WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE REMOTE...
1990 VSX-D1S remote (LEFT) 1995 VSX-99/D3S remote (RIGHT)
"intelligent system control" my ass!!!!:thumbsdn:
Susurus
Resolution:6.62×10^-34
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No worries, just send those aesthetically offensive units on over... I'll store them out of sight for you
Spent lotsa time with test equipment, so it's a comfortable look.
Outside, kinda like Akai or Nikko. It's not quite Bauhaus but functional without the raw industrial edge. works for me. Nondescript (not a SX-1250 DC-10 cockpit) and overly symmetrical (compared to Rotel); looks just as good today as it did in 1977...
It's like a supermodel in flannel. Just remove the outer layers...
MisterFishey
Super Member
It's technically an amp... but...
That's pretty ugly. Custard yellow? Lafayette, what were you thinking?
That's pretty ugly. Custard yellow? Lafayette, what were you thinking?
the Galaxy Commander is NOT an ugly receiver!!:thumbsdn::grumpy: granted, there are much better units out there, (hinthint, PIONEER VSX-D1S) but the KR-1000 is just so damned futuristic in that unique, delightful early 80's way!! the sucker was made the year i was born, for cryin' out loud!! dammit, i want one!!
MichaelJ
Super Member
Yup, that's UGLY. Reminds me of my brother in law's old Plymuth
with the push button tranny, but the Galaxy Comander takes it. Butt Ugly.
Where's the flux capasiter?
Brian
An Old Geezer
The JVC is a 301 or larger and despite its looks, that some really like and some really hate with few not having an opinion, actually is a really nice receiver, on par with the better Pioneers, etc. The Commander I'ver not heard but it looks like a design by committee that never met.
Arby
Active Member
For your approval... The Akai AA-R22. I bought one in the early 80's and it was surpassed in it ugliness only by it's crummy performance. It went back to Akai twice for the Processor Chip needing to be replaced. It turns out a co-worker in the late 80's was the US Service Manager. He was laid off when Akai ceased selling consumer products in the US.
My set-up, at the time, consisted of the AA-R22, an Akai AP-A1 Turntable and a pair of Studio Monitor Series V speakers. Anyone here ever heard of the Studio Monitor Series V? The epitome of blahhhhhhh.
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Arby
Active Member
The pseudo-cool "block diagram" display sent shivers up your spine when it started flashing because the display chip was screwing up. Also, the front folding flap (say that 3 times quickly) that hid the balance and tone adjustments was a magnet for my 5 year old son and ended up broken off after only 3 months. This monument to futuristic looking audio components farted out an earth-shaking (I'm being sarcastic) 30WPC. :thmbsp:
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