Faceplates Silver or Black???????

Black, it permits the equipment to disappear and not distract from the listening.

A can of spray paint from Home Depot will let me match either black or silver or gold!

(just kidding!)

Performance and sound is the ultimate judge deciding if I buy or not. Unlike women, cosmetics have no bearing on my choice.

(I hope my wife doesn't read this ;-)

Started with silver two years ago, now everything is black... What happened? Didn't think cared but now I like the consistent and dark, shadowy look of the system. Hope I can stick with black for a while, even if I change gear.

I do go with black to match...but function is still the most important. Sorry for being style conscious.

Used to go black, now everthing silver. Must easier to see the lettering as my eyes get older. I went so far as to sell my Black SimAudio LP5.3 and purchase the same thing in silver because I got its external power supply in silver. Now I use a Musical Fidelity NuVista M3 integrated, although mine doesnt have all the gold accents and MF A3/24 DAC. My Oracle Delphi V SE and Transrotor Fat Boy are as shiny silver as can be, but my Sota Cosmos IV is African Rosewood. My project turntables will likely all have wood grain plinths, but some will have silver top plates and some Black.
I guess as I get older, the silver is jus easier to read and lighter feeling instead of the black techy look. If I had a choice, however, I would probably go for the Titanium grey finish that my old Carver Receiver 2000 had. Very pretty unit. Oh, speakers are black.