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MESSY-mo! Masimo is a Mess – Proxy War, Board Battles, Spin-Off Conflict, Whole Co. Up for Sale, JV Partner Emerges, DOJ & SEC Investigations

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The Future of Sound United Continues to Hang in the Balance

SEE STORY UPDATE NEAR END – It is total pandemonium in Masimo land as the company and Politan are engaged in a massive and really, really ugly proxy war ahead of the company’s annual meeting scheduled for July 25, 2024, at the Masimo headquarters in Irvine, CA. Details in dueling proxy filings so far have revealed many things we didn’t know up to now. And almost none of what has been revealed…is good.

Company CEO Kiani is in a fight for his professional life…Sound United is dangling in the wind of an uncertain future – and, frankly, even the entire company’s path forward is a question mark.

See More on matters at Masimo and the Sound United situation…

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Atlantic Home Entertainment to Demo Premium A/V Gear at T.H.E. Show SoCal

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Atlantic Home Entertainment & Stereo owners Tom Farinola & Monique Farinola
Atlantic Home Entertainment & Stereo owners Tom Farinola, Monique Farinola, and Krypto Farinola

Atlantic Home Entertainment and Stereo, a Southern California-based integrator, will be demonstrating some of its top-performing audio/visual brands in installations appearing in multiple lounges at the upcoming T.H.E. Show SoCal taking place this year from June 7-9 at the Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa. Now in its 28th year, T.H.E. Show draws some of the top brands in high-end specialty electronics, speakers, and headphones. Last year the event drew around 6,600 attendees.

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Panasonic Decides to Exit High-End Projector Biz; Puts Biz Unit Up for Sale

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Panasonic puts its projector business up for sale

For many generations, Panasonic Holdings has been a leading global technology innovator and while its business model has shifted in the last few years, it still holds much respect around the world. Now we’ve learned that the company has decided to sell off its high-end projector unit in order to refocus its resources on digital supply chain systems.

See more on this consequential decision by Panasonic to drop projectors

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I Tricked You! Strata-gee Conducts Tests of Generative AI

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See the story of how this image came to be…

For reasons I’ll explain in some detail below, I recently posted a story that was not entirely as it seems. Since I deeply value my relationship with Strata-gee readers and always strive to bring you the absolute truth, I have decided for the sake of transparency to explain to you what I did and why I made the choices I made. You can decide for yourself if you feel that I did the right thing.

See how I tricked you in a recent post on Strata-gee

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Savant Opens Inception Shades to Integrators of Other Control Brands

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Savant Inception exposed roller shades are elegantly minimalist

Savant Shades and Power Solutions Now Available to Non-Savant Control Integrators

Savant Systems, Inc. announced today that it has expanded its popular line of Inception motorized shades designed by J. Geiger, and in so doing says it created more opportunities for custom integration specialists everywhere – including for integrators using other brands of system control solutions. Inception features a unique, elegant, minimalist roller shade design that was very much popularized by J. Geiger – which is now owned by, and exclusively available from, Savant.

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Due to Popular Demand, Cambridge Audio Adds VU Meters to CXN100

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Cambridge Audio CXN100

Cambridge Audio announced today that it is adding the ability to bring VU meters and a clock display to another company model, the CXN100 Network Player, via an over-the-air (OTA) software update. And why are they doing this? The company says that the decision to expand the number of models to gain this feature was made “due to popular demand.”

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Parasound Appoints Final Link as Its Distributor for Australia & New Zealand

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Parasound JC1 designed by John Curl

Parasound has appointed Final Link Audio of Melbourne, Australia as its distributor for all of Australia and New Zealand. Final Link will offer all Parasound models, including their famous John Curl-engineered models.

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Nationwide Execs Reflect on the Learnings and Achievements of the First Year of Oasys

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Photo from Oasys Summit 2024 in Austin, TX

At the recent 2024 Oasys Summit, I had the opportunity to meet with top Nationwide Marketing Group executives who were all directly involved in the birth of the Oasys Residential Technology Group, as well as the greater strategy of the Nationwide Drive to 1,000 initiative. I spoke with Dean Sottile, Andy Orozco, and Hank Alexander, each of whom offered interesting insights and perspectives on the progress of this grand adventure they have collectively embarked upon.

See excerpts of our conversation, edited for length and clarity…

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Will Sonos Ace Help the Company Return Its Business to Growth?

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Sonos launches new Sonos Ace headphones

Sonos, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONO) announced today the long-awaited launch of its secretive new product targeted for a “multi-billion dollar category,” as Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is wont to remind us of frequently. One of the worst-kept, leakiest of launch secrets (probably intentionally so) in the industry, the company announced a new over-the-ear wireless headphone model featuring Dolby Atmos immersive sound and active noise cancellation called Sonos Ace.

But did the company Ace the test for turning around its deteriorating financial performance?

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Scan Your Radar Closely: Consumer Finances are Getting Stressed

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Photo of a consumer shopping center

When most of us think about the Fed (the Federal Reserve Board), we think about Chairman Jerome Powell setting bank rates that can have a major impact on the U.S. economy. But what you may not know is that the Fed is a prodigious monitor and relayer of economic data. New data points have come to my attention that show increasing pressure as consumer debt levels and delinquency rates continue to rise – a condition impacting the everyday average American consumer. I felt compelled to share this data with you so you can begin tracking it on your radar screens as well.

See the new data on the consumer market I find troubling

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