The Zu's are anything but cheap looking. You'll never be able to appreciate their top shelf cosmetics without seeing them in person. My ghost black Omens have these interesting smoke gray swirls running throughout the grain in random patterns which do not show up in pictures. I've seen many handsome speakers but none yet to top the Zu line.

I don't know how it's nearest competitor, the Tekton Lores, compare in sound but the Omens are a slam dunk winner in cosmetics.