Fabulous Fakes

[TAGO MAGO]

At work, we were talking about brands that try to fool one into thinking they are getting something better through mistaken name recognition (often using similar fonts) and I came up with a few if I decided to start my own fabulous fakes company:

Conrad-Johnston
Carrie Audio
Cari Audio
Carry Audio
Bioneer
Lynn Audio
Acoustic Reference
Acaustic Research
Techniques

Can anybody think of others?

 

[walkandtalk]

Myrants
Macintosh
Iowa

 

[TAGO MAGO]

Myrants

Yeah, forgot about that one, alternately we came up with Marants, Morants or better yet Marantce.

 

[Rome]

Boston Acostics
Keenwood
Sankyo

Rome

 

[M Jarve]

Sorny
Panasony
Magnetbox
Accuphrase
harmen/kradon
Sound Design
Krull
Pionear
Japan Victory Company
Kenw00t
Sansushi

 

[TAGO MAGO]

Sound Design

A fabulous fake for Sounddesign? What would that be, a cardboard box with a dial and some knobs drawn on it. Or would it be an iPod with candy inside of it? Along with Sansushi, there would also be Fishy.

 

[wilkes85]

LOL someone stole my contribution... SANKYO haha

 

[Rome]

There's a bunch more out there, Wilkes! HEHEHE

Rome

 

[MavC]

accusound

 

[TAGO MAGO]

Of course without copying a name one could also come up with a name that sounds like it would be on something good:

Frankfort Audio Research Labs
Triathlon Audio
Peabody Audio Works (to get a Boston suburb in there)
Ohrenschmalz
ÖRONVAX
Naiv
Godtroende

 

[gladiator335]

Morontz,
Curver,
Pionner
Luksman,
Halfler

 

[KingBubba]

Kirsch

 

[JohnG]

I thought Sankyo electronics was legit; crap but still legit.

 

[jm55]

Well, I have a true to life anecdote of grand mistaken identity.

Not long ago, I went to an auction and spotted a pair of monster sized Tannoy GRF Windsor's (containing 15" Monitor Gold's). I won them with a bid in the hundred's. Many people were openly making jokes and laughing at me for paying so much money for them. One guy, intent on showing me up as a fool walked up, sneered, and said "those are Radio Shack speakers eh".

I just smiled and said "well, I guess I own the finest pair of Tandy's ever made"

 

[Markw]

Sankyo? You're welcome.

They were. I thought Sankyo electronics was legit; crap but still legit.

I think I remember seeing that name on some entry level stuff in the seventies.

 

[MisterFishey]

Sohnee
TEAK
Merants

 

[cason]

Fischer

 

[Hyperion]

Zanussi :scratch2:

 

[audiojones]

LOL someone stole my contribution... SANKYO haha

Sankyo actually is an electronic part manufacturer (not to be confused with Sanken). They make electrolytic caps, drive motors and other stuff that goes into equipment with other names on it. I don't know if they're still around or not, but I remeber seeing their name inside all sorts of old equipment like portable tape recorders and radios, etc.

 

[chillwolf]

How about Yammaha, Akhai, Murauntz, Pionear, Kenwould, Teknique, Surewood, Boston Accustat, Sonny, Polke, Misshion, Harman Kardan.
If you want to see good fake product names, just visit any street vendor in N.Y.C.