Which do you prefer for audio gear, silver, or black?*

Silver always has looked dated imo. I wish there were more colours to choose from.

 

Silver for vintage gear. Toss up for newer stuff. I have a black turntable and my next amp will probably be black

 

You know what they say, once you go silver you never go back!

 

As long as it matches my hair color.

 

Since there was no 'I don't really care' option, I went with Silver.
If it's a piece of gear I want, I don't really care what color it is.

 

Here ya go - if you like tubes



from Line Magnetic

 

WAF = 0%. Turns around and walks back into cave.

 

They look so beautiful! I need a new portable audio player in blue! (I almost said yellow but I don't want a Pono player)

 

98 Silver
101 Black as of this posting
Silver is catching up.

 

If you posted this poll every year the results would probably toggle evenly between the two. There's nowt as fickle as fashion.

 

Tired of black gear... so 80s.

Would like to get silver - or even gunmetal - as an alternative.

 

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You probably wanted to say "blinkende Lichter/Lämpchen" I guess. .
(glinting lights/small lamps)​

 

My audio room doubles as a home theater, so I prefer black to cut down on reflections from the screen.

 

Which ever one I don't have.

 

Black&glass (electrocompaniet)

 

Although gunmetal might be okay as a color, I think it would be too dark to be a good alternative to black. I was checking Wikipedia to see how dark gun metal is and came across a shades of grey chart at the bottom of the page that might help in this discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunmetal#Color

Looking at the chart, the following colors look to me like good alternatives to silver: plantium, ash grey, timberwolf, cadet grey and cool grey. For me, the key is that the color is somewhat light to allow you to easily read dark text/icons.

 

If only amps were offered in colors like guitars and cars, would the color be a tipping point in the decision?
Lake Placid Blue
Orbit Orange
Aztec Gold
Midnight Blue Metallic
Carousel Red
Seafoam Green

 

It would probably depend on whether the color was available on demand or if you had to take the colors that were available.

 

More line magnetic







Triode and Co (made by Line Magnetic)

 

And of course everything by Shindo is green

 

Wyatech Labs is all purple

 

I voted BLACK but that's just because all of my gear is black.

What looks best to me really depends on the component.

I've always wanted a Jadis. Love the look of the gold and silver.
If I could have any preamp or amp, based on looks alone, it would be a Jadis.
I prefer the earlier, simpler looking Jadis from the 1990's.

Conrad Johnson looks great in gold too.

 

What he said !

 

Prince ?

 

It all depends on the brand.
The last bunch of Ayre products look incredibly good in black, so thats what I went with this time round.
Not the best picture I'm afraid.