Best Audio Name/Worst Audio Name

Toolfan66
Toolfan66 Posts: 17,297
in The Clubhouse
Let's have a little fun with audio names, what do you consider best and worst audio company names??

Best
Acapella
Magico

Worst
NAD
YORK
Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

SVS SB16 X2

Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
Cary DMS 800PV Network
OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,741
    Best
    Wilson
    Focal


    Worst
    Bose
    Pyle
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,899
    edited January 2022
    Into which category would you put the late James Bongiorno's Great American Sound Company (GAS)?

    36963474873_b243a3c6ae_b.jpgDSC_9702 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    It has been widely claimed that Roy Hall's (Music Hall) turntable model designation, MMF, stands for Make Money Fast.

    And I have read right on these august fora what the "F" in Adcom's "GFA" designations is purported to represent: Great <F'ing> Amplifier

    :|
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,741
    I misunderstood the question

    I believe Pyle still works, as it is a pile of...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • maxward
    maxward Posts: 1,581
    Along these^ lines, Infinity had a model (or two?) of speakers called POS, which stood for Piece Of ….
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,528
    Best:
    Music Interface Technologies (MIT)
    Kimber Kable
    Audioquest
    Musical Fidelity

    Worst:
    Monster
    Roon
    Schiit
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,446
    At least their Schiit don't stink...
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    At least their Schiit don't stink...

    Been that close,huh? :)
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,108
    Best:

    Soundesign
    Lenox
    Yorx
    LXI
    Montgomery Ward
    Lloyd's

    Worst:

    Everything else is crapp.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    Best:
    Telefunken


    Worst:
    Mordaunt Short


    OK Telefunken might just make microphones. I don't care I just like the sound of it.
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,899
    edited January 2022
    telefunken is/was a conglomerate (or at least an electronics giant).
    They made/make all kinds of stuff, including plenty of hifi.
    https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/telefunken.shtml

    There is a 1950s-era Telefunken idler-drive record changer a-sittin' in the basement even as I type this. It is not mine, but part of a restoration Imma help a friend with.
    Another story for another day.


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  • SeleniumFalcon
    SeleniumFalcon Posts: 3,832
    There's the Telefunken M15A

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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    edited January 2022
    Not to submarine this thread (did Telefunken make them too?) but here is a steal of a Telefunken Tube Pre for $18.5k https://www.ebay.com/itm/174401407395?hash=item289b2249a3:g:iwcAAOSwI2hgSio7

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    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,899
    edited January 2022
    Telefunken is indeed a great name.
    "Tele" means distant or from a distance (Greek)
    "funken" means spark(s) - German

    :)

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    note the 'sparks' (lightning bolts) :)

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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 2,774
    edited January 2022
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    telefunken is/was a conglomerate (or at least an electronics giant).
    They made/make all kinds of stuff, including plenty of hifi.
    https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/telefunken.shtml

    There is a 1950s-era Telefunken idler-drive record changer a-sittin' in the basement even as I type this. It is not mine, but part of a restoration Imma help a friend with.
    Another story for another day.


    Anything that's in a Van the Man song is cool by me.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,560
    Some say they made decent tubes ...
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,899
    ... so I have been told. :#

    The Ancient Ones worshipped at the feet of the Telefunken
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    edited January 2022
    Van Morrison and Frank Zappa too. The Telefunken U-47 reference and what it looks like lol. Good ol' Frank. I wonder what he'd be up to now.
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,560
    I think the last two yrs would have given FZ plenty to pull from, prolly a double album release.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,601
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    I think the last two yrs would have given FZ plenty to pull from, prolly a double album release.

    Ya, no kidding! It would probably make "Joe's Garage" seem like Christian Musical! :D
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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