Sherwood I'm still a bit confused. The 47 Labs housings are as straight forward as I can imagine; plain black enclosures for the most part. 
 
This is the 47 Labs website: Sakura Systems 
 
Their Gaincard says the US price is $1650, which also seems pretty reasonable given they did all the R&D. 
 
"Those housings drive the price WAAY up, and I think they're somewhat cheesy." 
 
Unless by this you mean Musical Laboratory housings and not 47 Labs?