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Premium Audio Company and Pioneer Corp Formally End Partnership

July 17, 2025 by Ted Leave a Comment

On Thursday, Premium Audio Company (PAC), a division of Voxx, which itself is now part of Gentex Corp., today formally acknowledged what has long been rumored: that it has lost its licensing deal with Pioneer Corporation for the rights to the Pioneer and Elite brands. The announcement portrays the decision as a “mutual” one that concludes “a successful multi-year collaboration.”

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Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Elite, HECO, Integra, Klipsch, Magnat, Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite, Premium Audio Company

Harman Luxury Audio Group Names Progressive Custom Integration as Rep for 7 Territories

July 8, 2025 by Ted Leave a Comment

Harman Luxury Audio Group brands

On Tuesday, Harman Luxury Audio Group, a division of Harman International focused on high-end audio products, announced that it has appointed manufacturer representative firm Progressive Custom Integration as the company’s representative of record in seven different geographic territories across the U.S. The announcement, which was released retroactively, said that this appointment took effect on July 1, 2025.

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Filed Under: Brands, Feature, Management, Manufacturers, News, People, Sales Reps Tagged With: Harman Luxury Audio Group, Progressive Custom Integration

Is Sonos Adrift and Directionless? Or On the Right Track?

March 20, 2025 by Ted 4 Comments

Exhibit F Sonos Motion

Recent developments and reporting within the last week seem to suggest that Sonos, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONO) is adrift and directionless as its new Interim CEO tries to right the ship. It has even canceled its next big product introduction. Is the company flailing? Or is it finally getting its act together?

See more on the recent Sonos reporting…

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Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Nick Millington, Sonos, streaming video, Tom Conrad

Sony Donates $7.5 Million to NYU to Create the Sony Audio Institute

March 12, 2025 by Ted Leave a Comment

A photo of NYU which is partnering with Sony
NYU Steinhardt campus [PHOTO: Gabriela Bhaskar for the NY Times]

On Tuesday, New York University (NYU) and Sony Corporation announced a new partnership to establish the Sony Audio Institute, which is “…a multifaceted partnership at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development.” Sony has donated $7.5 million to create the institute, which is expected to launch this spring.

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Filed Under: Brands, Education, Feature, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: NYU, Sony

Masimo Responds to ‘Speculative Articles’ on Sound United

November 27, 2024 by Ted 1 Comment

Marantz Grand Horizon speaker from the Masimo Sound United group
Marantz’s just launched Grand Horizon loudspeaker [Click to enlarge]

‘Discontinued Operation’ is a Financial Reporting Designation

Late Tuesday, Masimo’s communications team reached out to Strata-gee to provide a statement designed to counter or otherwise address unspecified “speculative articles” on the recent pronouncement from Masimo CFO Micah Young that the Sound United division may end up being treated as a “discontinued operation” if the Board decides not to spin it off as a publicly-traded company.

Why are people speculating about that? Read on…

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Filed Under: Brands, Feature, Management, Manufacturers, Media, News, Strategy Tagged With: Blair Tripodi, Marantz, Masimo, Sound United

CEDIA Tech & Business Summit – An Impressive Show from a Well-Oiled Machine

November 21, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Badge to enter CEDIA Tech & Business Summit

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the CEDIA Tech & Business Summit at the Hilton Hotel in Hasbrouck Heights in Northern New Jersey. To my eyes, this was a well-attended event and I was impressed with how the Association has put together a well-oiled machine that shows some real progress in elevating the value of attending a regional industry event like this.

See my thoughts on this 2024 CEDIA Tech & Business Summit in NJ

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Filed Under: Associations, Brands, News, Shows & Events Tagged With: CEDIA, Tech & Business Summit

McIntosh Group Acquired by Bose; Does This Deal Make Any Sense?

November 20, 2024 by Ted 16 Comments

Image from Bose website
Bose website

On Tuesday, Bose Corporation – a privately held manufacturer and marketer of a variety of predominantly audio products like headphones, speakers, soundbars and car audio – announced it has acquired McIntosh Group, a high-end manufacturer of electronics under the McIntosh brand and speakers/phono cartridges under the Sonus faber brand. Terms of the deal were not revealed and a buzz has descended around the industry as to whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

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Filed Under: Brands, Feature, Financial, News, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, Bose Corporation, McIntosh, Sonus Faber

See Why Apple’s Patent Win is Actually a Victory for Masimo

October 29, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Masimo Freedom smartwatch

More patent decisions are being handed down as several long-running patent lawsuits between Masimo Corporation (Nasdaq: MASI) and Apple Incorporated (Nasdaq: AAPL) wrap up. Last week, a jury in the matter of Apple Inc. (Plaintiff) v. Masimo Corporation and Sound United LLC (Defendants) rendered a verdict on a case where Apple accused Masimo of infringing on six of its Apple Watch patents.

Technically, Apple got a win…but realistically, it was a huge victory for Masimo.

See the outcome of Apple v. Masimo in Delaware court

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Filed Under: Brands, Feature, Law, Management, Manufacturers, News, Technology Tagged With: Apple, Apple Watch, Freedom, Masimo, smartwatch, Sound United, W1

Sonance Expands WAVE Electronics Relationship to a Full-Line Distributor

September 19, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Sonance logo

Sonance, an industry-leading custom integration (CI) brand renowned around the world as a top marketer of the finest luxury audio products, announced this week that it has expanded its relationship with WAVE Electronics, a leading specialty CI distributor, to one in which it will offer the full Sonance line, further increasing its support for the luxury CI channel. This partnership looks to boost availability and support for Sonance brands throughout WAVE’s expanding service area, predominantly in the Southwest and West regions.

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Filed Under: Brands, Distributors, News Tagged With: Jason Sloan, Sonance, WAVE Electronics

Tidal Says All MQA Titles Will Be Deleted From the Service by July 24th

June 18, 2024 by Ted 2 Comments

Tidal and MQA logos separating

Tidal Music AS (Tidal) has announced that users “will no longer be able to access music in the MQA or 360 Reality Audio formats via any TIDAL application or integration.” So that’s that…MQA is done and gone…as of July 24, 2024. The company says it will replace all MQA tracks with “the highest quality FLAC version” available.

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Filed Under: Brands, Media, News, Products, Technology Tagged With: FLAC, Lenbrook, MQA, Tidal

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