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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Tidal Says All MQA Titles Will Be Deleted From the Service by July 24th
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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[Read more…] about Tidal Says All MQA Titles Will Be Deleted From the Service by July 24thD-Day Arrives; Control4 Integrators Begin Turning Clients over to Snap One
On Tuesday this week, a previously announced program being offered by Snap One – now Resideo – has begun. This program, called Control4 Connect, is a mandatory program that requires all integrators to connect all new client installations of Control4 products directly to Snap One’s central station for future software updates and data collection.
It is a new kind of transactional connection that establishes a direct relationship with the client for direct-to-user system updates and base-level client support supplied – not by the local integrator – but by Control4 support.
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[Read more…] about D-Day Arrives; Control4 Integrators Begin Turning Clients over to Snap OneAudioControl Acquisition by AVPro Global – Seven Months Later
It has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for everyone at AudioControl over the last couple of years. The company, a leading specialty manufacturer of integrator-focused, high-quality audio electronics, has had three different owners in the last two years. Have they finally found their new home?
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[Read more…] about AudioControl Acquisition by AVPro Global – Seven Months LaterSavant & GE Appliances Partner in Revolutionary ‘EcoBalance’ Home Energy Solution
GE Appliances and Savant Systems announced today that they are partnering in the launching of an innovative new home energy solution they call the EcoBalance System. The goal of this system is to offer the residential market a “whole-home, connected solution” that delivers the ability for consumers to take full control of energy delivery and utilization in their homes for unparalleled energy efficiency and management.
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[Read more…] about Savant & GE Appliances Partner in Revolutionary ‘EcoBalance’ Home Energy SolutionLenbrook Spins Off Its Media Business as an Independent Unit
Canada’s The Lenbrook Group announced today that it has spun off its digital media and content-related businesses as a separate unit, independent of its hardware brands. The new unit will be known as The Lenbrook Media Group and is to be headed by former MQA Ltd. CEO Mike Jbara.
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[Read more…] about Lenbrook Spins Off Its Media Business as an Independent UnitMQA Limited No Longer Exists; Say Hello to Wave Realisations Limited
MQA Limited has notified Companies House, the U.K. government agency that is roughly equivalent to our Securities and Exchange Commission, that it has changed its name. After nine years as MQA Limited, the company will now be known as Wave Realisations Limited.
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[Read more…] about MQA Limited No Longer Exists; Say Hello to Wave Realisations LimitedHere are My Top Stories from CEDIA Expo 23
Well, another CEDIA Expo is in the books and we return to our daily duties and launch into a new Fall season full of promise…and concerns. What were the big stories of this year’s edition of Emerald’s (a public, for-profit company that owns the show) CEDIA Expo? Well, I’ve scanned several summations from others in the media and it almost seems like we attended different Expos. Here’s what I think they are…
See my Top Stories from CEDIA Expo 2023
[Read more…] about Here are My Top Stories from CEDIA Expo 23OneVision Launches New Flex Support Packages Opening Entry-Level Options
OneVision, one of the original remote 24/7 service support providers for integrators, is now offering a new set of service options called Flex Support Packages designed to make it easier than ever for integrators of any size to get started with the company’s remote support service and recurring monthly revenue (RMR) options. A company started (and still run) BY integrators FOR integrators, OneVision continues to offer integrators smart support options that make it simple and profitable for them to get started.
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[Read more…] about OneVision Launches New Flex Support Packages Opening Entry-Level OptionsSnap One Reports 2nd Quarter Fiscal ’23 Results; Net Sales Declined, Net Loss Reduced
Last week, Snap One Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: SNPO) released its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2023, the 13-week period ending June 30, 2023. The company reported mixed results with a continuing sales decline but with a reduced net loss in the quarter.