Beechnut Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Chevrolet. GLOCK. Remington, Apple, Brooks (running shoes). Um...subtract GLOCK and add CAO. Forgot to plug my fav cigars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible Nectar Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Brand loyalty comes very hard from my perspective. I am iron-arse hard to please when it comes to corporations, and in the current time I have loyalty to VERY few. Even the ones I'm loyal to only apply to certain product segments within those companies....and if those segments disappear or fail to be lived up to I discard that loyalty in due course. I have an exception below.... - Klipsch: The exemplary openness of this forum is a testament to how Klipsch stands up as a company: PERFORMANCE. We can come in here and compare and contrast gears that compete directly against Klipsch product, and in many cases members mix in these other gears while still offering us a home to create and build our systems. Oh, then they let us beat each other up over how to best feed them. What other company allows such open natured discussion of competing products on thier own forum? Klipsch can do this because no matter what us internet based audio junkies do with it (and that's a considerable danger), Klipsch's products consistently rise above the competition, particularly in value per dollar at most any given price point. While I will always be impressed forever regarding Heritage Series, and would be a fanboy of the old brand regardless, I still look to Klipsch today as being still worthy of that loyalty, as they exhibit many open characteristics that few other companies have the guts to do. This forum as it stands says a LOT. THAT's "putting yourself out there". - McIntosh (audio, of course): Again, primarily a fanboy of the old schoiol gear but am still impressed with what they do today. I like the simpler, hard wired early tube stuff, but one has to be impressed with their attention to the old school ideas today without ignoring modern realities and technologies. Still being a player in the high end audio biz over all the changes in that industry is a FEAT. - Toyota: I owe a good portion of my progress here on this forum to this company. What the hello does my car choice have to do with my audio exploits? The fact that I don't spend exorbitant repair fees and replace my cars very often. When I started buying Toyota vehicles my car troubles stopped. Corolla, Camry, Four-Runner and light trucks completely changed the game of "average affordable cars for average people", and the Sienna might be one of the most versatile vehicles I've ever driven. Aside from the basic regular maintenance, they start every day and run better at their respective mileages than any other cars I have ever owned. Not getting "nicked and dimed" by my vehicles allows for progress to occur in other areas of life. - "The Vintage Brand": In many, many cases, I am "brand loyal" to many of the old classic companies who made stuff so good they last for years, or are of such quality as to not be available new today. I buy used Electrolux vacuums, Telefunken 12AX7s and other vintage tubes, and used goods of all kinds, because older durable goods of 40 years ago are often preferable to the brand new of today. Furniture often falls into this category, too.I oft purchase used/vintage because it's preferable or more affordable to new. - "The Craftsman": The individual craftperson - often with no brand at all, might be the ones I am most loyal to. Craig (AKA NOSValves), Mark at JiucyMusic, and many other single craftspeople provide the best quality AND service for the $$$. It is with these individuals that quality still exists and is easily recognizable, a trait all too absent in the "mass produced, lowest price, one size fits all" goods of today. The best brands are only the name of the person who did the work.....the best "brand" of all. Honorable mentions: Panasonic, Nikon, Honda, Sony, JBL, Krell, New Belgium Brewing, John Deere. I also am impressed with a company like Harley-Davidson, but I know I will never own one so many brands like it are not on my list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyhawg Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Klipsch, Toyota, Smith & Wesson, Levis, Coca-Cola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Ermenegildo Zegna Well we know your looking good at work! Thankfully if you're patient you can find good clearance deals! Pretty crazy having neckties that retail for well over $100 each! [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jheis Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Porsche Snap On Canali Namiki Nenohi James [H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Klipsch, Ford, Pioneer, Nikon, Dell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Klipsch Harley Smith & Wesson McCallan Ferrari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAKO Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 FERRARI ,, BUGATTI ,, KRELL ,, MARANTZ ,, VICTORIA SECRETS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGREEN Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Mustang, Shelby, Pioneer Elite, Springfield Armory, Klipsch, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Klipsch, Harley Davidson, Rigid, BMW and Puma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elitedemo Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Klipsch, Mtn Dew, Oakley, Sennheiser, Emotiva give me 7 choices and a panasonic tv and a kohler toilet will accompony me for eternity that I may never leave my ht area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedball Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Toyota (old faithful) Juicy Music (preamp) Luminox (watch, to own one day) DeWalt (toolboxes) Panasonic (LX5 camera) .......................just off the top of my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Western Electric Bendix RCA Telefunken Mullard Genelex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted May 7, 2012 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2012 Oxxford Suits Dr. Pepper (from the Dublin, TX plant) Holland and Holland Bristol Motor Cars (Fighter T) Booker's Bourbon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Mike Stehr: Western Electric equipment shipping crates had the best wood quality of anything I have seen in a lumber yard. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.4knee Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 In no particular order: Klipsch, Chevrolet, Apple, The Balvenie, Sharp, Cannon, Traeger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo33 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 You wear Victoria's Secret? VICTORIA SECRETS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshjp Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Bose Bose Bose Bose And Bose.[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Western Electric Bendix RCA Telefunken Mullard Genelex Mike, You left off McDonalds.... lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 He laughs and commands “you get down on your knees Bow down your heads and all pray to me” Radioactive demon wicked laughter and jokes All the while scheming Metal Devil Cokes Make it sweet as candy, pretty to the eye Push it to the kiddies, sell it with a lie Tommy had to try it, asked me to try it too But a little voice inside said you know what’s good for you His teeth started melting, his stomach melted too I knew he’d lost his mind by the time the can was through Metal Devil Cokes Caramel colored hoax rusty kettle teeth are brittle Metal Devil Cokes Metal Devil Cokes Through your gut it soaks Coincidental Rotten dental Sentimental folks Metal Devil Cokes Friendly bunch of blokes Phosphorental Excremental Metal Devil Cokes But he just kept on drinkin’, cuz he was possessed Sugar and caffeine, the phosphoric acid test Then he just melted to a puddle on the floor Skin and bones dissolved and flowed right out of the door Down the sewer to the river, down the river to the sea With a half-life of forever it killed the fish and me Now the world’s polluted with Metal Devil Cokes Well I guess I’m just lucky, drank most drinks from A to Z But cuz I didn’t drink Cokes the Lord had mercy on me So here I am in heaven, poison water folks And the boatman on the boat to hell is metal devil cokes The jester in the gallery is metal devil cokes He laughs and commands “you get down on your knees Bow down your heads and all pray to me” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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