Black VS Silver VS Gold !!!

*Seby*-Polk-

Welcome electronics fans :cool:

This thread is simple. WHAT COLOUR PREFEER FOR YOUR ELECTRONICS (Receivers, Amps, TV's, DVD Players, Speakers, Cassette Decks, Etc, Etc)

Who is the Winner ???? You'll known soon !!!!

Bye !!!!

*Seby*-Polk-

I like the black colour for receivers, cassette decks, synths and speakers.

The silver for TV's and DVD players.

Gold..not like...maybe the DVD players in gold are elegant...;)

Bye

Demiurge

Can't stand the silver. It's a cold color, and I want my house to have a warm feel to it. I avoid it like the plague.

*Seby*-Polk-

If you can, explain with a post the decision for a particular colour !!!

Everybody wants to know that YOU Like !!!!

Willow

Demiurge wrote:

Can't stand the silver. It's a cold color, and I want my house to have a warm feel to it. I avoid it like the plague.

I'm with you on this, we went through a Silver phase a while back, very modern look to our place. Now as you say it's cold and pass

*Seby*-Polk-

Harman Kardon receivers satisfy all users !!! 50% black and 50% silver !!!

zombie boy 2000

i actually prefer silver electronics, if only because it tends to look better with the wifey's fascist color schematics:p
sometimes, black can look "junky" and "cheap", but this may all be resulting from repressed childhood trauma caused by my first Fisher monoblock stereo:D

Willow

*Seby*-Polk- wrote:

Harman Kardon receivers satisfy all users !!! 50% black and 50% silver !!!

I hate having to log in every time when I'm away from the forum !!
I was able to the the HK cause it did have black on it, no more silver

*Seby*-Polk-

zombie boy 2000 wrote:

i actually prefer silver electronics, if only because it tends to look better with the wifey's fascist color schematics:p
sometimes, black can look "junky" and "cheap", but this may all be resulting from repressed childhood trauma caused by my first Fisher monoblock stereo:D

I think taht "black color" is the preference of people of 22/23 years to up.

The new generation of silver cases for electronics, are made for replacing the blacks and like more to guys under 20/22. Anyway, always have exceptions !!

Skynut

I think it is more important that all components match.
All silver or all gold.
With that I chose Black.
I like black because it is subtle. It sits there waiting to be seen and admired.

MrNightly

Black all the way. And I second Skynut's comment about all of the components matching! A MUST!

Kinda like having cherry fronts, high gloss black sub, and black surrounds... just not cool or classy.

*Seby*-Polk-

The conclusion is... GOLD-PLATE for terminals, connectors.
BLACK for cases.

mldennison

i like black, nice and neutral, does not really draw your eye to the electronics (never really thought the equipment rack was something i like to look at).

i do like the idea of having one piece of gear in another color to stand out. i think it would look really cool to have an all black rack and then a nice bright silver tube pre or tube amplifier.

as for speakers, i like a nice light wood, no black and definately no piano gloss (yuck!)

Ron-P

Black, every other color is a distraction.

danger boy

i like black for current day electronics.

i like silver for old school vintage electronics. but the two should never mix.

nebborjk

I like silver.

*Seby*-Polk-

Black combines with silver and gold.

Silver combines with black, but NO with gold (ugly!!!)

Gold, viceversa !!!!

Danny Tse

Hmmm....several years ago, I complained there weren't any silver-colored components. Now that we have it, I kind of like the black ones better.

I don't think we get much gold-colored components in this country. I think those are availble more in Asian countries.

dorokusai

Don't forget "Champagne".

billbillw

Black, all the way. It disappears. Silver is too bright and distracting, gold/champagne is just gawdy IMHO.

*Seby*-Polk-

billbillw wrote:

Black, all the way. It disappears. Silver is too bright and distracting, gold/champagne is just gawdy IMHO.

It's true. Really the "gold" finish maybe will be rename for "champagne" finish.
Compared to silver, this gold finish is far less bright. No distract to you and is very very elegant. (Looks great with a black amplifier)

daniel_paul_

I am suprised that most of the black do NOT want to "show off" your gear. In most of the pictures everything is on a stand right next to the TV? As for me, Silver all the way. My TV matches all DVD and reciever, as well as the trim on the black rti's. AND..my furniture is light beech with Silver supports. Now only if they made brushed nickel it would match my ceiling fans.

daniel_paul_

pardon the typo. "do not want to show off"

Skynut

I like to show off my gear but I don't like to call attention to it.
When my friends see what is in the rack they become interested but I don't like to point it out.
If I did I would add a strobe light or arrows pointing towards the rack. Perhaps even led's chasing around the front of all the equipment.

*Seby*-Polk-

Skynut wrote:

I like to show off my gear but I don't like to call attention to it.
When my friends see what is in the rack they become interested but I don't like to point it out.
If I did I would add a strobe light or arrows pointing towards the rack. Perhaps even led's chasing around the front of all the equipment.

haha..sarcastic

The racks in silver call more attention, but the "black finish" is more..."PRO"

Anyway, i prefeer combine the black eq. with gold instead black eq. with silver.

VR3

I like Silver. I didnt use to, but now I wouldnt have it any other way. Now i will agree, plastic silver faceplaces (as does black) look very cheap... but a niced brushed aluminum face plate (silver) looks freaking SWEET. I love my main components and their brushed aluminum finishes...

Ricardo

I voted black and most of my gear is black, but I do like silver if it's not too bright, like the Jolida JD-100 and the Dodd MLP. They look great mixed with the black gear!!

Hawkeye

I like Mac gear. So I guess I like silver and black.

Shizelbs

I'm waiting for everything to become Ipod white. Its gonna happen, I swears it.

*Seby*-Polk-

Shizelbs wrote:

I'm waiting for everything to become Ipod white. Its gonna happen, I swears it.

I take your words Shizelbs The next generation ???? Who knows...

cfrizz

All of my gear with the exception of my TT is black. The TT is silver.