Worst Brand or Model Names?

Discussion in 'Audio Hardware' started by Cyclone Ranger, Aug 8, 2022.

  1. popol_vuh

    popol_vuh Guest

    For me it's Fyne audio and Kinki studio. Fyne really deserves a better name when one takes in account people, expertise and products behind it. Kinki, on the other hand, is just a typical chinese WTF. Polk is not a name I like either.
     
  2. major-tom

    major-tom Well-Known Member

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    Agree with all 3 of the above plus…Grandinote.
     
  3. major-tom

    major-tom Well-Known Member

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    ….and to some extent… Magico. Not sure why, just sounds a bit uncool.
     
  4. SamS

    SamS Forum Legend

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    I'm not offended. I'm all for juvenile humor and jokes, but when you lean into this hard (using it as the name of your company), the efficacy in its continued humor is reduced to zero.
     
  5. edd2b

    edd2b Forum Resident

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    Not to be confused with ‘Ion Systems’ amplifiers and tuners from the late 80s and early 90s, which morphed from Nytech! :tsk:
     
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  6. Gi54

    Gi54 Forum Resident

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    I guess it sounds like 'fine'. The place Fyne is a sea Loch north west of Glasgow. There's Fyne Ales too, brewed at the head of the Loch.
     
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  7. popol_vuh

    popol_vuh Guest

    Well, the fact I wasn't aware of - that there is a place called Fyne - makes it better. But the wordplay fyne/fine is still super cheesy and cheap and because of that I still find the name cheap.
     
  8. The Pinhead

    The Pinhead KING OF BOOM AND SIZZLE IN HELL

    BIC America
    Cerwin Vega
     
  9. mr clean

    mr clean Forum Resident

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    My walkie talkie came with channel 14. I thought all the cheap single channel ones did, but I may be wrong.
     
  10. RPM

    RPM Forum Resident

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    Border patrol.
    Terminator tonearm.
     
  11. bever70

    bever70 Let No-one Live Rent Free in Your Head!

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    The new Denafrips Arce
     
  12. Blair G.

    Blair G. Senior Member

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    Delta, BC, Canada
    Surprised Schitt didn’t think of that first
     
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  13. Stone Turntable

    Stone Turntable Independent Head

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    Well, I'll just repeat what I said earlier: The preposterous name Schiit has been implemented effectively with negligible effect on the brand's marketplace viability. I'm sure they lose some customers who are offended or put off by the name and the never-ending stupid joke it represents. But not many.

    I'd add that the company doesn't get enough credit for the related but non-scatological silliness of the Norse mythology model names. And it reinforces the feeling that these guys are having a good time while remaining serious about performance and value, which I appreciate.
     
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  14. SamS

    SamS Forum Legend

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    If you want to perpetuate and glorify an 11-year-old's sense of crude humor, you've found the perfect brand match to represent yourself. Enjoy! Don't forget to pick up an extra set of FartKnocker cables from your favorite online retailer.
     
  15. Stone Turntable

    Stone Turntable Independent Head

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    New Mexico USA
    If you're trying to Schiit-shame me, it ain't working!

    :agree:

    Like I snarked earlier, the brand name offends or irritates all the right people while mocking the po-faced pretentiousness of high-end audio grandiosity and faux grandeur.
     
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  16. Randoms

    Randoms Aerie Faerie Nonsense

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    Confusing?

    NAC Naim Audio Control (Pre)
    NAP Naim Audio Power Amp
    NAIT Naim Audio Integrated
    NAXO...

    Not really NAF!
     
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  17. McLover

    McLover Senior Member

    The appliance brand makes very good budget appliances. Aimed at rental properties, and also a rent-to-own favorite. Not junk!
     
  18. micpoc

    micpoc Forum Resident

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    "Luxury & Precision" is pretty cheesy.
     
  19. MGW

    MGW Less travelling, more listening

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    We have a new and rather late entry to the competition: the DENAFRIPS ARCE Streamer.
    New Blog Post
    (I am assuming that it has not been mentioned before but I really cannot be arced to wade through 12 pages to check.)
    Re the name, in this video I think they doth protest too much:
     
    Last edited: Aug 4, 2023
  20. Cyclone Ranger

    Cyclone Ranger New old stock Thread Starter

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    Yeah, but ‘Angel’s Trumpet’ turntables just doesn’t sound as cool somehow.
    .
     
  21. bever70

    bever70 Let No-one Live Rent Free in Your Head!

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    Too late. Mentioned 7 posts above yours :p!
     
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  22. MGW

    MGW Less travelling, more listening

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    Damn, missed that - you beat me to the draw :o. The YouTube video is quite amusing though as the poor guy tries not to giggle as he suggests not using the English pronunciation and using the Spanish one instead :laugh:
     
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  23. bever70

    bever70 Let No-one Live Rent Free in Your Head!

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    So they ARE aware of it?! I assumed they just didn't think of the connection...that's even more :help:!
     
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  24. MGW

    MGW Less travelling, more listening

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    ¡Exactamente! You would think that they would have hit reverse when they first noticed, much like Toyota didn't when they noticed how the name of their MR-2 model was pronounced in French!
     
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  25. Oddiofyl

    Oddiofyl Forum Resident

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    Good luck with the Dena streaming platform. They were slow to fix the drop out issue …. Imagine what their streamer software will be like.
     
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