What's your most pretentious/Most stupid hifi product name

[ArtK]

Emotiva and Gryphon (with that logo).

The whole Emotiva and the gawdy blue lights...you couldn't give me that stuff.

[tom]

I was quite impressed by the Elac "FS 609 CRYSTAL EDITION TITAN SHADOW"

http://www.elac-audio.co.uk/products...0.0.0.0?pp=48&

[paskinn]

Odd this should come up because we were looking through a HiFi Year Book from 1960. Some of the names were utterly fabulous....steroette crystelle gaylord and stuff like that.Loads of 'Princesses' and 'Royals' and stuff like that. Most of it sounded like the names attached to camper vans. Those were the days.......

[Barrymagrec]

Originally Posted by tom

I was quite impressed by the Elac "FS 609 CRYSTAL EDITION TITAN SHADOW"

http://www.elac-audio.co.uk/products...0.0.0.0?pp=48&

At 17 grand you`d hope to be impressed by more than the name,however silly...

[TheDecameron]

I ignore the names, I make a judgement after I've auditioned a piece in my studio with my own loom and isolation products.

[Maxbertola]

Well, when I still lived it Torino, years ago, there was an audio craftsman who designed and built amps and loudspeakers of some local/national fame, and one day he asked me to come listen to his latest design, a pyramid-shaped loudspeaker with various drivers on all four surfaces, meant to be a killer, and he had unassumingly named them >Apocalypse Now<. I think these honestly win. I regret none of you could hear them.

[Yank]

Buzzwords such as "Synergy" or "Eclectic".

[James]

Originally Posted by hacker

I quite like my Starfish, Buffalo, Ivy, and Ergos. Simple and to the point

Originally Posted by The Captain

nad. the most boring stupid name. rega is stupid cos it sounds weak and plain. arcam alpha is as intersting as austin allegro, & Ergo cos its so close to Ego.

Oh wow, a double mention. Must be doing something right.

[Cheese]

Back in the 80's, praised as "the most expensive speaker system", Infinity Reference Standard

[garyi]

Originally Posted by TheDecameron

I ignore the names, I make a judgement after I've auditioned a piece in my studio with my own loom and isolation products.

You're amazing and we all bow to you.

[Mattdcb]

Densen have recently started to use the term "Superleggera' on some of their products.....Normally used by Lamborghini, it means "superlight" I believe - what the hell it has to do with the audio world I will never know!

[Re-Joyce]

Originally Posted by Mattdcb

Densen have recently started to use the term "Superleggera' on some of their products.....Normally used by Lamborghini, it means "superlight" I believe - what the hell it has to do with the audio world I will never know!

I think it is because they put the power supplies in a different box so the head unit is super-light --- ludicrous really.


Jason

[ExtremePie]

Originally Posted by cliffpatte

I quite like my Olympus OM4ti camera ;-)

I'm not a big fan of the Linn egocentric misspelling - Eg Akurate

I thought the whole point about the OM4ti was it did actually contain some titanium. Lighter than steel and very strong.

[TheDecameron]

Originally Posted by garyi

You're amazing and we all bow to you.

I forgot to add that I fettle the kit too before serious listening. Anything I buy has to sound charismatic.

[Yank]

Originally Posted by Mattdcb

Densen have recently started to use the term "Superleggera' on some of their products.....Normally used by Lamborghini, it means "superlight" I believe - what the hell it has to do with the audio world I will never know!

Uh, the term was normally used by Carrozzeria Touring, an Italian coachbuilding firm, long before Lamborghini had strayed from the manufacture of farm tractors.