I had a set of gold LP's Giovanni Galaxy congas for years. They did their job really well and I liked them when I got them. Lot's of people seemed to have an issue with the hardware though, but it didn't really matter to me. They were set up with good heads and sounded great.
Everything I have now is chrome and I have 2 drums with black anodized hardware from SOS. I like the mat finish of the anodized hardware, funny thing is that people seem to underestimate what the drums actually are because the hardware isn't shiny - sort of like they're "dressed down". Suits me just fine