There is a CD player with a good reputation that goes by the name fog. I don't think any audiophile would want a CD player to sound foggy. What other names do you know which are a contradiction in terms or are simply unpleasant sounding.
Maybe not bad, but the following names always bring humorous images to mind.
Bag End (baggy bass?) Buggtussel (Insect wrestling) Berning (Burning) Lector (Wonder when theyll bring out the "Hannibal") Fried Speakers (Perhaps fried by the Burning amp?)
I kan't stand the names of Linn's ekwipment. They will not name a piece of gear unless they kan totally botch the spelling of the word and replace as many Cs with Ks as possible. I find this ekstremely annoying for some reason, and it's really not that klever. I will probably never buy a piece of Linn gear bekause of it!
All that stuff that Manley brings out. On top of being the ugliest designs I have ever come across, no one can convince me that "Shrimp", even if a play on words, makes any kind of sense for an audio product!
I have read that the ubiquitous K used by Linn is to emphasize their logo. They are committed to using it to remind people of their original TT's logo and that the source is of utmost importance. I can't reproduce it exactly but it is a V with a line under it (presumably a record) to emulate a stylus on a platter and looks like a K when flipped line down. This continues despite the company's wide range of products.
Jaybo - I personally think Calypso, like Rhea, Janus, Io, Callisto, etc., are a lot more original than something called a Reference 3 Mk II Statement Signature. A little bit of light reading on moons and more moons can be interesting.
Edge amplifiers, who wants an edgy sounding amp? (I know they don't actually sound that way) Phonomena phone stage, not necessarily a bad name but the dealer nick named it, the phono enema. (I own one) I also agree all the Manley names like Shrimp, Mahi Mahi, etc. are really bad. (I do like Stingray)
I think I saw a Von Gaylord amp at CES last year. It was a tube amp that utilized big transmitting tubes, like a 211. The output tubes were encased in glass or plexiglass that was filled with WATER. You could see the heat causing ripples in the column of water above the tube. It was powering something like Legacy speakers -- the sound of the system was okay, but nothing special.
In short, the name is hardly the weirdest thing about this product.
Von Gaylord used to be Legend. They make tube gear and small speakers that have frequently been big hits at shows. Consistently bad music selections however.
They have a cable called -- I kid you not --Chinchilla. Von Gaylord Chinchilla. You could lose your lunch.
Von Gaylord is the last name of their designer. They changed their name from Legend Audio to Von Gaylord because of another company using close to the same name. I always thought the name "Wadia" sounded odd, but in my opinion, they make some of the nicest looking products on the market. Sandra
I found another one. The Audioharma cable cooker for quick breakin. It is used by a regular seller of cables here. I thought it was a mistake but several of the ads say that. Now why would anyone want to harm their cables prior to use go figure!
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