I always liked the look of the B&O stuff, it does have a nice design to it generally, and one of my friends a ways back had one of their systems (with the vertical cd player, which always just kinda struck me as a bit wrong for some reason probably to do with playing vinyl discs). I thought it looked better than it sounded myself. Not something I've ever considered buying due the cost. So may depend on how you weigh aesthetics in your thinking....