To each his own I guess but this is one of my favorite machines. The CC-32 is a very masculine looking cabinet and is almost perfect in proportion and scale. Hardly a "fat upright". I suppose it might be considered plain or ugly to those who don't take the time or have the ability to appreciate that and quietly executed detail. BTW...I believe this is one of the cases designed by Elsie deWolf, if anyone has a clue as to who she might be. I wonder what those same people would think of the scale and proportion of a C-1? Bruce