Having hooked up a 950 (made in Malaysia), an ICBM (made in Taiwan) and a 775 (made in USA) the most glaringly obvious standout is that none of them cosmetically match !
I could even handle the ugly green button if they all had the same one!
The green bezels on the 950 & ICBM are different and all the faces are different shades of black.
One wonders if an attempt was even made to match these bad boys !

Having said this, I am an audiophile on a budget and appearance is definitely secondary to function. I cannot argue with the performance of the Oulaw gear, but 10 years ago I bought four of the white front Adcom units because Adcom met my price range to performance ratio, AND the white option looks way cool ! the dual red bezels line up, are the same color and brightness, and look very hip to boot.
I just moved the Adcom stuff out to make way for Outlaws gear and I do miss the look !

(They charged $100 extra per piece for white - but many paid it - Food for thought Outlaw) at least I think it was $100 !

[This message has been edited by Kiwi (edited February 04, 2003).]