I'll probably take heat for this opinion but...
 

I sure wish CJ would ditch the classic champagne color for the black and silver most other manufacturers use. Hifi companies seem to some of the most conservative companies around. I guess they are mostly run by engineers and that explains the lack of attention ascetics get. IMHO CJ gear all looks more dated than it should because of the champagne color. Yes, I'm sure they WANT to look dated. Gives it a classic sophistication and all that, but I think the cons out weigh the pros. The other thing is, unless you go all CJ, your CJ gear doesn't blend in with the rest of your system.

Ultimately appearance is much lower priority than sound, but if you put a CJ pre inside a CLASSE body I'm thinking you'd see a spike in sales.

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:D

:laughin:

So my wife was commenting recently on the gear...it's all black, grey or silver, except for that hunk of CJ called ET5, which stands out like a big sore thumb. Her basic comment was that the rest of the gear looks like nothing, the ET5 looks like a million bucks.

"One man's religion.. is another man's belly laugh"...

A quote I often refer to....:D

jaxwired.......Put the system in a closet. Then you'll only have to look at the speakers. That should calm your nerves, unless you have two different speakers. :laughin:

Personally, I really like the C-J classic champagne color it is something different than the overly ubiquitous brushed aluminum or black (which is even more tiresome, IMHO.)

I also really love the mirror-finish Burmester chrome look.

But if we're talkin' stylin', it's got to be DarTZeel's Iron Man gestalt....

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"I am Iron Man...er, DarTZeel..."

I won't give you heat, guff, or any of that stuff. I'll just say that to me most black (some Mc stuff excepted) and, to a lesser degree, silver/aluminum gear looks :boring:.

A much compelling consideration, however, is that my wife likes the sparkle of c-j champagne. And since she lets me populate our living-dining listening area with tube traps, I don't give her any guff, either. :D

Any wife that tolerates Tube Traps in the Living/Family room is a "Keeper" ;)

I personally love the look and color. If other gear was available in the Champagne Gold, I'd like that also. :)

Put the rest in an enclosed rack and leave the preamp on top :)