Many people seem to happy with the performance of these products - but why do so many of them have to be eyesores? I understand that many of them are designed for near-field studio use - but one would think that having attractive products would make the studio a more pleasant place to work.
The Audioengine A2s in my daughter's room have beautifully designed and constructed cabinets - but they would be much less conspicuous with grilles - which aren't even offered as an option to the best of by knowledge. I would love to see more loudspeaker manufacturers bring traditional looking, affordable active monitors to the market. I know Paradigm produced an active line years ago that critics seemed to love, but they dropped the line shortly thereafter - presumably due to lackluster sales. Can anyone recommend a line of traditional looking small active monitors - with quality cabinetry and no gaudy lights, switches, etc on the front panel? Couldn't they expand their market a bit by simply offering optional grilles? -- esbrewer Server: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac running MacOS 10.5.5 Plugins: Inguz DRC, Sirius Radio, Album Review, SqueezeScrobbler, iPeng Sources: SB3 (2), SB Boom, NAD C542, NAD T515 Amplification: NAD C720BEE Loudspeakers: Paradigm Studio 20 (v.1) Headphones: Grado SR60, Etymotic ER4P http://www.last.fm/user/esbrewer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ esbrewer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54559 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
