Best and Worst names in Audio

@ Tom6897,

Funny, I just read about Schiit a couple of days ago for the first time. I would have listed them as one of the worst but for me I guess the name made me laugh. I think those two guys have a sense of humor. From their website:
"Schiit got started when two audio industry veterans decided it was time to shake things up a bit. The two audiophiles are Jason Stoddard, formerly of Sumo, and Mike Moffat, formerly of Theta. Together, they have designed dozens of audio and A/V products, from the Andromeda III to the Cobalt 307 to the DS Pre and Angstrom 200."

For me, Phase Linear. My first preamp was a Phase Linear 2000, and it embodied every sonic negative that bad solid state is, or was capable of.

Ah! Schiit

Magico is a good name. What setup might not benefit from a little bit of magic?

Machina Dynamica is a most impressive name! Can't judge a book by its cover though.

Audio Research - the name says it all

Bel Canto - gotta sound lovely!

OHM - where would speakers be without OHMs? Volts and amps just can't cut it alone.

VAC - great name for a tube amp company!

I surrender to the magnificence of the name "Schiit Audio" and will not even attempt to better that one.

NAD was always good for some laughs - GoNAD! I posited that it stood for "Not Again, Dammit" when we suffered thru all the early NAD equipment failures and returns (they are MUCH better now)...

-RW-