I'm starting a new company and need a little help.

RDavidson · « **Reply #140 on:** 19 Jun 2015, 06:51 pm »

I don't think so. Apple doesn't own the letter "i." They may own the rights to using it as the prefix in a name, though.

GRiD is a cool name.

Maybe GRIDD would be better as it is a unique spelling of the word "grid."

I wouldn't make the "i" lower case or a different color. They're not making i devices. It'd be misleading to follow Apple's graphic design language.

What could the "I" in GRIDD mean, though?

Maybe it doesn't have to mean anything at all. Lots of names to things are just made-up to sound good. The automotive industry is good at coming up with unique names.......(well, except for maybe many of the European brands. They just use letters and numbers most of the time.

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gab · « **Reply #141 on:** 19 Jun 2015, 07:10 pm »

Ampageddon

Folsom · « **Reply #142 on:** 19 Jun 2015, 07:38 pm »

Playing with "i"'s is just tacky. For what reason would you want people that purchase far above the $1k mark, to overlook the gear because of silliness? But GRIDD sounds nice, better than just Grid; even if it's awfully close to DODD.

mlundy57 · « **Reply #143 on:** 19 Jun 2015, 08:05 pm »

Quote from: RDavidson on 19 Jun 2015, 06:51 pm

Maybe it doesn't have to mean anything at all. Lots of names to things are just made-up to sound good. The automotive industry is good at coming up with unique names.......(well, except for maybe many of the European brands. They just use letters and numbers most of the time. )

Hages-Dass??

RDavidson · « **Reply #144 on:** 19 Jun 2015, 08:15 pm »

Quote from: mlundy57 on 19 Jun 2015, 08:05 pm

Hages-Dass??

That's funny. What most don't know is that Haagen-Dazs is actually an entirely made up AMERICAN brand name (that intentionally sounds Danish). VERY interesting brand story, which still successfully carries-on today.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4agen-Dazs

Danny Richie · « **Reply #145 on:** 19 Jun 2015, 08:29 pm »

What we like so far.

Pacemaker: Plays on Gary as he has a built in pacemaker now. But doesn't make one think of high end audio.

Current Designs: Plays on the DC current idea.

Revive: Covers Gary's resurrection and the reviving of the audio industry with real affordable high end gear.

Pulse, Pulse Designs, or Pulse Audio: Has a good sound and feel that also plays on the pulse of a heartbeat or signal pulse.

X-Audio: Has a known and well accepted sound to it. But is not really related to anything.

Volt or Volt Audio: It also has a strong and sharp name to it, but only really relates to the DC voltage used for the gear.

Resurgence: Says something about Gary's comeback, but doesn't really have a high end audio feel about it.

Sound Candy: I love the name. It makes me want to say it over and over. It really does nail what this gear really is. And it says what it is.

And the name doesn't have to say Audio. That part is a given.

RDavidson · « **Reply #146 on:** 19 Jun 2015, 08:52 pm »

Sound Candy has a nice ring too it, but is AWFULLY close to Skull Candy.

Confection
Audio Confection
Sound Confection

Maybe the phoenetic spelling would be interesting :

KƏN-ˈFEK-SHƏN
kən-ˈfek-shən

......just doesn't roll off the tongue.

rajacat · « **Reply #147 on:** 19 Jun 2015, 09:41 pm »

How about some alliteration?

Sunny Sweet Sounds

gmurray618 · « **Reply #148 on:** 20 Jun 2015, 02:18 am »

Polling the young people in my life (21-25 years old) they liked
Current Design
Volt or Volt Audio
And
Resurgence

All three thought that ear candy was a lot like skull candy. And agreed with the post by RDavidson when I scrolled down.

gmurray618 · « **Reply #149 on:** 20 Jun 2015, 03:00 am »

I still like G. D. Amps, but, ...

I thought why reinvent the wheel?
I found this in a 6moons review of one of your preamps.

"Bill loves to listen for the color. "The only time I can visualize colors is when I hear music," he added. In BillSpeak, that's code for "I want to listen to more music." "
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/dodd/dodd.html

So how about,
The Color of Music

And totally out of context, from Garry's hand (the very last line, second page of the same review)

Two Lives (it's abstract, but friendly)

gregfisk · « **Reply #150 on:** 20 Jun 2015, 07:05 am »

ROCK CANDY AUDIO if you like the candy theme

Castle Rock Audio

Iron Grip Audio

bdp24 · « **Reply #151 on:** 20 Jun 2015, 11:58 am »

Quote from: SoCalWJS on 19 Jun 2015, 06:10 pm

A little tweek - "Off the GRiD Audio" - an homage to GR Research and Dodd with the capital letters. Feature a logo with the small "i" in a different color than the GR and D.

edit:
you could play up the "i" to the Apple crowd, and incorporate the old GR and Dodd logos.

Another real good one!

Scott F. · « **Reply #152 on:** 20 Jun 2015, 01:11 pm »

Here's one playing off operating room lingo and the Pulse theme;

WHAP

We Have A Pulse (audio)

corndog71 · « **Reply #153 on:** 20 Jun 2015, 02:05 pm »

Sonicandy!

Danny Richie · « **Reply #154 on:** 20 Jun 2015, 02:25 pm »

Quote from: corndog71 on 20 Jun 2015, 02:05 pm

Sonicandy!

Or just Sonic Candy.

NeilT · « **Reply #155 on:** 20 Jun 2015, 02:59 pm »

Quote from: SoCalWJS on 19 Jun 2015, 06:10 pm

A little tweek - "Off the GRiD Audio" - an homage to GR Research and Dodd with the capital letters. Feature a logo with the small "i" in a different color than the GR and D.

edit:
you could play up the "i" to the Apple crowd, and incorporate the old GR and Dodd logos.

This is a good one

Neil

gregfisk · « **Reply #156 on:** 20 Jun 2015, 03:07 pm »

I think Pulse Audio is my favorite, I think it
s very good, Sonic Candy I guess is O.K.? To me candy doesn't make me think of high end thou.

Sonic Audio

Sonic Bliss

Sonic Pulse

Sonic Treasures

Sonic Sound Audio

ebag4 · « **Reply #157 on:** 20 Jun 2015, 03:14 pm »

Sound Decision.....an audio company

dBe · « **Reply #158 on:** 20 Jun 2015, 05:53 pm »

What we like so far.

Pacemaker: Plays on Gary as he has a built in pacemaker now. But doesn't make one think of high end audio.

Current Designs: Plays on the DC current idea.
Pretty close to: www.currentaudio.com/

Revive: Covers Gary's resurrection and the reviving of the audio industry with real affordable high end gear.
Name of a pro sound supplier

Pulse, Pulse Designs, or Pulse Audio: Has a good sound and feel that also plays on the pulse of a heartbeat or signal pulse.
Name of a music server/player for ubuntu

X-Audio: Has a known and well accepted sound to it. But is not really related to anything.
meh...

Volt or Volt Audio: It also has a strong and sharp name to it, but only really relates to the DC voltage used for the gear.
Maybe - Pretty close to Volti Audio and Volt Loudspeakers

Resurgence: Says something about Gary's comeback, but doesn't really have a high end audio feel about it.
Resurrection Audio Design ? = RAD

Sound Candy: I love the name. It makes me want to say it over and over. It really does nail what this gear really is. And it says what it is.
And the name doesn't have to say Audio. That part is a given.
Hmmm. Does that address the tech savvy buyer you are looking for?

It is really easy to come up with a name. Finding one that does not violate trademarks or error (confusion) through common usage is not. Names have to be vetted through web searches and I don't mean just "google it!" Wayne Parham and I ran into an issue between Pi Speakers and PI audio group. Completely different in origin. His is "Pi" as in 3.14159... or radiation characteristics and mine is an abbreviation for "Politically Incorrect" due to the subjective nature of my business. His says "Speakers" and mine says "audio group". I had been using PI audio group since 1993, but when Wayne called and said that there had been confusion among the public, we agreed that a simple period after the "P" and the "I" would suffice. No issues and we both saved money.

Remember: 90% of web searches are done with the key words ONLY and dealing with attorneys is a PITA

Just saying'...

dingus · « **Reply #159 on:** 20 Jun 2015, 06:37 pm »

RAD Audio

R&D Audio

R&D Designs

RDA

D-n-R

DNR

Granny Rodd Tooling