I think the Boulder 3000 Series looks great, and who cares in reality what it looks like?? I thought audio gear was for, uh, an audio encounter?? Most of the audio crazies I know are like me, they do their serious listening with the lights low or off.....
Let's face it, there is plenty of ugly audio gear out there that probably sounds better than it looks....and is this not the point???
Finally, Boulder is keeping PLENTY busy selling the 3000 Series they build, so there must be plenty out there who thinks the gear looks just peachy
Give me a pair of 3050's with a pair of either Focal's Grande Utopia EM's or Wilson XLF's and I suspect one would have a jeans wetting experience!!
Cheers,