Best and Worst names in Audio

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)...

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I was an NAD dealer almost from day one. We used to say that NAD stood for "Not Always Defective" :-).

I agree, it is MUCH better now, but boy, can tell some horror stories from the early days.

I just came across one today that I forgot about. The speaker company is called Bag End.

Maybe I am missing something technical here in the name? I don't know, but it just makes me think of the end or bottom of a brown paper lunch bag. Bad name. Not appealing at all. Now where did I put my sandwich? It's in the bottom of your speaker.

Worst is Schiit. I would never own their equipment. It's like, "what's brand is your preamp?" "A Schiit." I can't even fathom that brand to have any resale value...

Best is Accuphase, FM Acoustics, Esoteric, Magico, JBL.