HiFi dealers with intelligent or witty names
Posted by: Sloop John B on 27 April 2006
Our Naim dealer in Dublin is called AINM.
Ainm is the Gaelic word meaning "name" and is an anagram of Naim.
Hence the logo
An intelligent and catchy name.
Any other dealers with good names?
SJB
Ainm is the Gaelic word meaning "name" and is an anagram of Naim.
Hence the logo
An intelligent and catchy name.
Any other dealers with good names?
SJB
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by jcs_smith
I always like the Sound Factory Stands Firm who made hi-fi stands
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by erik scothron
I always thought 'Sound Advice' would work well but I don't know if there are any shops by this name.
BTW - what does Naim mean? Does it stand for anything?
BTW - what does Naim mean? Does it stand for anything?
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by Andrew Randle
"The Sound Organisation" - a very sound organisation indeed.
Andrew
Andrew
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by Phil Cork
'Music matters' is a nice play on words...
phil
phil
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by kuma
'InFidelity'?
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by Sloop John B
quote:Originally posted by erik scothron:
I always thought 'Sound Advice' would work well but I don't know if there are any shops by this name.
BTW - what does Naim mean? Does it stand for anything?
I will share an anecdote that most Naim-ers will already be aware of—the company name is, in fact, "name." For lack of anything better, Julian Vereker named the company "name," but changed the spelling to "Naim" so it would not appear too silly
from here
SJB
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by Alexander
quote:Originally posted by Sloop John B:quote:Originally posted by erik scothron:
I always thought 'Sound Advice' would work well but I don't know if there are any shops by this name.
BTW - what does Naim mean? Does it stand for anything?
I will share an anecdote that most Naim-ers will already be aware of—the company name is, in fact, "name." For lack of anything better, Julian Vereker named the company "name," but changed the spelling to "Naim" so it would not appear too silly
from here
SJB
Actually he was Cockney and he just thought it was written that way. They had to make up a story afterwards so it would not appear too silly.
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by hungryhalibut
quote:I always thought 'Sound Advice' would work well but I don't know if there are any shops by this name.
Sound Advice was the name of a brilliant dealer that operated in Loughborough during the 80s and 90s. It was run by a great chap called Derek Whittington and his wife Claire. They were Linn/Naim nuts and really big music lovers. Many an LP was bought after a recommendation from them. Derek was a top Linn setter-upper.
As far as I know Derek now runs New Audio Frontiers.
Nigel
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Always did like "Audio-Republic" (Leeds) as a very good concept name.
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by undertone
Hi Fi Fo Fum
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by J.N.
Some of you may know that we are sadly losing our local Naim dealer called 'Basically Sound' which I think is pretty good.
The guy who used to run it, once threatened to add a slogan of:-
'Hi-Fi for the discerning - and you'.
John.
The guy who used to run it, once threatened to add a slogan of:-
'Hi-Fi for the discerning - and you'.
John.
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by Sir Cycle Sexy
On the subject of 'Naim=Name' and the company spending more time making the hi-fi sound great than what to call themselves, if you look closely at the two circles before the 'naim audio' text on the original logotype you'll see a fat lower case 'n' and a fat lower case 'a'.
This hair shirt tradition continues: in Bauhausian terms only the square, circle and triangle are pure so the currently employed semicircle is nothing but the illegitimate offspring of triangle and circle.
Getting back on topic: original logo spotting credit to Carl Nagle, son of Bob an original customer of Sound Advice whose Sound Factory Stands Firm Tripod System had about as pure a design ascetic obtainable in commercially welded tube. Having said that, even they robbed their Escher triangle logo from some European hi-fi outfit, forget whom.
C
This hair shirt tradition continues: in Bauhausian terms only the square, circle and triangle are pure so the currently employed semicircle is nothing but the illegitimate offspring of triangle and circle.
Getting back on topic: original logo spotting credit to Carl Nagle, son of Bob an original customer of Sound Advice whose Sound Factory Stands Firm Tripod System had about as pure a design ascetic obtainable in commercially welded tube. Having said that, even they robbed their Escher triangle logo from some European hi-fi outfit, forget whom.
C
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by PJT
Local Dealer Top Hi-Fi is also appropriate
Posted on: 27 April 2006 by Chris Dolan
Phonography .... Ringwood Hampshire....great name.
Phil March ...top bloke.
Chris
Phil March ...top bloke.
Chris
Posted on: 28 April 2006 by rackkit
Radioshack.
Posted on: 28 April 2006 by Adam Meredith
quote:Originally posted by rackkit:
Radioshack.
I remember Chris Thomas reviewing a pair of speakers
"Whoever named these "Realistic" comes from a different planet."
Posted on: 28 April 2006 by erik scothron
quote:
The guy who used to run it, once threatened to add a slogan of:-
'Hi-Fi for the discerning - and you'.
John.
I had an objectionable acquaintence who was always banging on about how great his Sony system was
. Once we walked into a hifi shop in Eastbourne and my objectionable acquaintence looked around in disgust and then asked the sales assistant 'Do you sell Sony mate?'The reply was 'I'm sorry sir, we only sell hifi here'.
Priceless.
Posted on: 28 April 2006 by u5227470736789439
Dear Erik,
For about 17 years I had a Sony based system It served its purpose, but I never thought it was inherently good. In fact it was somewhat better than a great many systems that proclaimed their Hifi credentials, and the shop was amazed when even in 1984 I asked to dem each item, long before a dem was considered normal. It was only a shop session, in the room people were allowed to listen to gramophone records before buying. Now that is a quaintly old fashioned idea nowadays!
Fredrik
For about 17 years I had a Sony based system It served its purpose, but I never thought it was inherently good. In fact it was somewhat better than a great many systems that proclaimed their Hifi credentials, and the shop was amazed when even in 1984 I asked to dem each item, long before a dem was considered normal. It was only a shop session, in the room people were allowed to listen to gramophone records before buying. Now that is a quaintly old fashioned idea nowadays!
Fredrik