Words and Sound


Here are some examples of brands' names that sound rather similar to the sound of their equipment.

Hard/Cold/Analytical: Focal, Kef, Bowers & Wilkins, Klipsh, JBL, Wilson, Magico, Tannoy, Splendor, Yamaha, Altec, KLH, Triangle, Alta,Totem, Monitor Audio, Luxman, Krell, Schiit,

Neutral: Tannoy, Naim, Accuphase, Hegel, Pass Labs, Marantz, Rotel

Soft/Warm/Musical: Sonus Faber, Harbeth, Dynaudio, Elac, Vienna Acoustics,  Whaferdale, Audio Note, Gershman, NAD, Audiolab, SucGen, McIntosh, Denon.

Maybe, unconsciously, the founders created the brand names to send like his sound....

 

 

vitto

The old time Harley riders would carry a baby moon hub cap and put under the bike to catch leaking oil when psrked. :-)))

Hmmm… there’s no commonality when it comes to a speaker and a human ear… unless we can conclude that if we pass around the same Q-tip… well… then we should all marvel at the same speaker?

Because in this era robot were designed to mimic man, now man is designed to mimic robot...

They will meet and fuse at the middle of the road tomorrow...

 

 

 

Gort. He’s wearing diapers. Why?

Two of my favorite science fiction movies as a kid.  Plus, of course, The Crawling Eye.  These are still some of my all-time favorites.  I wish that my audio rack was as awesome as the rack in that picture of Forbidden Planet. 😁