On: Why do electronic components have such odd values?...

[galaxyLogic]

There's something to it that the equipment should look beautiful in your living room, Bang and Olofssen -style. Music is beautiful, equipment playing it should be too. Or at least it enhances the experience.

[atoav → galaxyLogic]

Yeah, no issue with that. But the connectors are rarely front-facing and thus not really of aesthetical concern.

It is perfectly possible to build beautiful balanced equipment.