Just like the Ford naming focus group coming up with Focus? Still anything was going to be better the Probe. A non hifi favourite recently was from a Dulux paint chart which has a greenish-grey named “Bland”
Do you remember the notorious Enron company? It started out as a natural gas company named Enteron. That name lasted only a few weeks when it was pointed out that enteron means intestines and is a prefix for something pertaining to the digestive system--interest name choice for a natural gas company.
There is a company whose name is a portmanteau of Analytical and Technology. Yes, it is Analtech. Would you trust a company whose principals somehow missed the problem with this naming scheme?
I seem to recall back in the day that BOSE was an acronym for something unflattering about the company.
'Primare' only because a couple of pals call it Primark - 'Hey Gi - how much that Primark amp set you back?' Grrr. The misspelled name Naim and all its sub categories Nait, NAP, NAC etc - confusing as hell and just NAF
Didn't browse the thread, but Son of Ampzilla? Surely that's been mentioned... ? Could see how some might think it's sounds cool.... but at some point you're going to have to say it with a straight face when asked what amp you own....
Was going to post these lame, juvenile names but decided I should search first to see if they'd already been mentioned Marketing targeted for incels?
Some companies try to make something of their funky name, like, for instance, Smuckers, which is named for the family that started the preserves business. Their motto, "With a name like Smuckers, it has to be good." But, unfortunately for them, they are also remembered for the savage Saturday Night Live parody that had different competing companies claiming their jams and jellies were superior, as evidenced by their progressively terrible names, such as "Painful Rectal Itch."
