Cool, I heavily agree that looks *enhance* the package, but it would take some gawdaweful looks to turn me off of a piece of gear that otherwise was an excellent performer.

Personally, I'd be very interested to see if ever there's a 950 Mk II and if anything changes cosmetically, and then if/when the 950's big brother comes out.

Another thought is this: when someone visits and checks out my HT, there's a certain level of "class" inherent with the rest of my gear. The 950 is kind of the "ugly duckling" or the "black sheep" of the bunch... I'd prefer it to be more of a "statement" component, but I guess you can't win 'em all!