.AUDIO Domain Extension

Why choose a .AUDIO domain?

The word is a conjugated verb, and nobody notices any more. “Audio”, in Latin, means “I hear” — first person singular of audire. The word was never a noun: it is a complete verb form, frozen by technical usage, then turned into a common noun in nearly every European language. Something of that survives: where “sound” names a phenomenon, “audio” always implies somebody listening.

I hear

The Latin verb audire, conjugated in the first person. The word implies a listener, where “sound” implies only a phenomenon.

The studio

Recording, mixing, mastering, dubbing, voice-over. Publish samples: in this trade, people commit with their ears.

The podcast

Episodes, the RSS feed, transcripts, guests. The feed is what belongs to you: keep it on your own domain.

Live sound

Venues, events, fixed installations, equipment hire. Technical specifications are worth more than any sales copy.

The shop

Listening equipment, instruments, cabling, repairs. The word is identical in French: no adaptation needed.

What it actually changes

• It is a verb, not a noun. “I hear”, in Latin: a conjugated form that became a noun through use.
• It implies a listener. That is what separates it from .sound, which names only the phenomenon.
• It is identical in French. Same spelling, same sense, nothing to adapt between markets.
• No registration restrictions. No sound business to demonstrate to the registrar.