Ask Engadget: Non-fugly alarm clocks?

Alarm clocks must be pretty low on the design totem pole, because reader "razorweb" (which by coincidence is what we were planning on naming our first child), writes in with a question that's been bugging us lately, too:

Does a non-fugly cd-alarm clock exist? It is the Holy Grail of gadgets. How Sony can make a gorgeous T1 or T3
digital camera and still make clocks that look like ass confounds me.

Not sure we'd agree that a decent-looking alarm clock equals the Holy Grail of Gadgets (we're pretty sure that it's actually the Razrberry), but does anyone out there have any suggestions? Or at least is there anyone out there who has a good explanation for why it's so hard to find an alarm clock where the design isn't an afterthought?