I'm developing a range of speakers to eventually sell under the brand Studio Au. (Au symbol for gold)
I'm looking for some good names for my speakers. Which to start will be two small bookshelf and a floor stander, using Mark Audio drivers. Made in England from ply and solid wood.
There is an obvious play with chemical symbols, anyone have any good suggestions, could be varieties of birds or European cities, Great Lakes, bands etc...
I'm looking for some good names for my speakers. Which to start will be two small bookshelf and a floor stander, using Mark Audio drivers. Made in England from ply and solid wood.
There is an obvious play with chemical symbols, anyone have any good suggestions, could be varieties of birds or European cities, Great Lakes, bands etc...
Frankly, I think you would be better off thinking up names for them yourself. They are to be your commercial products, and you would in the medium - longer term regret not naming them personally. The same applies to the designs too. Without that, you will never feel they are entirely yours.
Agreed, though historically, naming them after cities or 'something' recognizable to the general public was common, so find 'something' with enough of a selection that you won't likely run out of choices.
GM
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I have ran through so many options.
Lots of speakers have sexy Italian names, but these are English and struggling to find an overall genre or group of things I can use.
Just thought i would put it out there and see if any great ideas popped up.
My avoidance with the elements is that try obviously have an implied quality.
No one will want copper if you can have gold...
Lots of speakers have sexy Italian names, but these are English and struggling to find an overall genre or group of things I can use.
Just thought i would put it out there and see if any great ideas popped up.
My avoidance with the elements is that try obviously have an implied quality.
No one will want copper if you can have gold...
I bet they sound really cool too. Hope there isn't a Sperm whale one though!
So far my favourites are based around music and harmonics.
1) Timbre
2) Overture
3) Nuance
So far my favourites are based around music and harmonics.
1) Timbre
2) Overture
3) Nuance
Hmm, I should have read more than the thread title before posting. 🙁
Yeah, those too.........
Techie that I was, Altec's use of [3] and [4] digit numbers for all its in-house docs as well as its prosound, studio monitoring systems works for me, especially since it's common across much of the industrial 'world', but has no 'rhyme or reason' WRT the product, so not a good choice.
Worse, some WAG that didn't like its performance/whatever would no doubt quip 'fool's gold'.
Trees, maybe? Plenty to choose from with small to large sizes to describe speaker size relationship to the others.
GM
Yeah, those too.........
Techie that I was, Altec's use of [3] and [4] digit numbers for all its in-house docs as well as its prosound, studio monitoring systems works for me, especially since it's common across much of the industrial 'world', but has no 'rhyme or reason' WRT the product, so not a good choice.
Worse, some WAG that didn't like its performance/whatever would no doubt quip 'fool's gold'.
Trees, maybe? Plenty to choose from with small to large sizes to describe speaker size relationship to the others.
GM
1. Stiff upper lip
2. We are not amused
3. Jolly good
4. Big Ben
5. Camilla
6. London eye
7. Tanqueray
8. Top 'o' the morn
9. Dogs bollocks
10. The full Monty
2. We are not amused
3. Jolly good
4. Big Ben
5. Camilla
6. London eye
7. Tanqueray
8. Top 'o' the morn
9. Dogs bollocks
10. The full Monty
blitzhacker, tea time, meditate, impact....(if I were making a non-Karlson "blitzhacker", it might have two "pro" 10" with 2.5" voice coils to handle Motorhead at full throttle)
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1) Jack the Ripper "gets right to the heart of the music <TM>"
2) Machine-Gun Kelly "the PRaT is Back! <TM>"
3) Ma Barker "a warm embrace that slaps you with every nuance <TM>"
4) Stalin "tightly-gripped bass with a breath as free as the Russian steppe <TM>"
5) Mao "sacrifices everything to its revolution in sound <TM>"
2) Machine-Gun Kelly "the PRaT is Back! <TM>"
3) Ma Barker "a warm embrace that slaps you with every nuance <TM>"
4) Stalin "tightly-gripped bass with a breath as free as the Russian steppe <TM>"
5) Mao "sacrifices everything to its revolution in sound <TM>"
Some speaker names can be embarrassing...
One holiday season, the Infinity built a pair of 8" 2-way prototypes in wastebackets. these kicked around the sound room for a while, "get those p.o.s. (piece of sh**) out of the way", and then they built a pair of these rather nice-sounding things as gifts to all the employees.
Some months later, they decided to actually produce them for sale. Name? "POS1"
One holiday season, the Infinity built a pair of 8" 2-way prototypes in wastebackets. these kicked around the sound room for a while, "get those p.o.s. (piece of sh**) out of the way", and then they built a pair of these rather nice-sounding things as gifts to all the employees.
Some months later, they decided to actually produce them for sale. Name? "POS1"
Henry Kloss seemed to have one of the least embarrassing systems of naming with his KLH lineup - "17", "Six", "Five" - he also had a good ear for voicing.
++ to posts 13 and 14
bake the cake (sound, fit/finish, assembly line tolerances/capabilities,
believable/defendable marketing claims for individual products, price point)
then add the icing (anything remotely associated with "branding")
that means comparing your products to others in the same price category
and finding names/design elements that resonate with potential customers.
then redesign/rewrite your early (hopefully simple/minimal)
website and product literature to fit.
you'll get more bang for the buck from your time/money spent on marketing,
you'll spend less time nit-picking everything going forward,
and it will show up on your bottom line over the long term.
bake the cake (sound, fit/finish, assembly line tolerances/capabilities,
believable/defendable marketing claims for individual products, price point)
then add the icing (anything remotely associated with "branding")
that means comparing your products to others in the same price category
and finding names/design elements that resonate with potential customers.
then redesign/rewrite your early (hopefully simple/minimal)
website and product literature to fit.
you'll get more bang for the buck from your time/money spent on marketing,
you'll spend less time nit-picking everything going forward,
and it will show up on your bottom line over the long term.
I am a kind of proud of the name of the commercial version of TABAQ.
Designed in Denmark by a Norwegian, based on quarter wave hence the name Kvart & Bølge meaning Quarter and Wave in Danish / Norwegian 🙂
In this way, there is a story to the name. Hope this might inspire you.
Bjørn
Designed in Denmark by a Norwegian, based on quarter wave hence the name Kvart & Bølge meaning Quarter and Wave in Danish / Norwegian 🙂
In this way, there is a story to the name. Hope this might inspire you.
Bjørn
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I don't know if this is intentional or not, but the first thing that comes to my mind when I see the name Studio Au is not gold, but Australia. I suspect a lot of people would perceive this as an Australian company (and brand), not a British one.
To me 'Studio Au' sounds more like a hair salon.
With that in mind I suggest 'Quiff', 'Mohawk', 'Flat Top', 'Bob', 'Pudding Bowl' or, for the older generation, 'Comb Over'.
With that in mind I suggest 'Quiff', 'Mohawk', 'Flat Top', 'Bob', 'Pudding Bowl' or, for the older generation, 'Comb Over'.
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