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Best and Worst names in Audio

What do you think are the best and worst names that audio manufactures come up with for their company or for certain products?

I'll start.

Best: 1. Ayre Acoustics 2. Aerial Acoustics 3. Audio Note 4. Esoteric 5. Kondo

Worst: 1. Bada Purer 2. Technical Brain 3. Reference 3A 4. Spica 5. 47 Laboratory
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trelja
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T&A always made me laugh. Others I liked were Atma-Sphere, Audio Aero, Krell, Manley, McIntosh, Melody, and Quicksilver.

Fried seems a horrible one for a loudspeaker. Eggleston and Klipsch, though not as bad, are still no prize. Also agree with NAD. Wouldn't be interested in those. 47 Labs, Oppo, and Wadia while nice digital, all also sound weird.
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sufentanil
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Trelja,

Have you ever had a Fried Eggleson?

Michael
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bander
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Acoustic Zen is a very cool name.
bizango1
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My DAC and integrated are BAT Schiit.
mezzanine OP
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@Eleizabeth,
Does Bilbo share his home with Frodo Baggins? lol

@Trelja
Nice ones! Have to agree with you about T&A. I guess it's German so have to let it slide. Don't think they knew how bad it really is. Yeah, Oppo is pretty bad too.
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