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Congrats to Kaleidescape! Company Celebrates 25 Years of Delivering High-Fidelity Movies

March 27, 2026 by Ted Leave a Comment

Kaleidescape, the industry’s leading provider of high-fidelity movies and high-performance movie streaming devices, is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. Since 2001, the company has excelled in providing movie lovers with the best-looking and sounding movies. It’s a remarkable milestone when you consider that over that time, the company flirted with its survivability as the industry initially strongly resisted the idea of allowing homes across America to copy digital copies of movies to home servers.

But the company eventually found a legally safe path forward, overcoming the controversies and becoming the leading provider of high-fidelity movies at home.

Read more on Kaleidescape’s 25th anniversary…

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: anniversary, Kaleidescape, Tayloe Stansbury

Josh.ai Keynote 2026 Event Highlights New OS & App Advancements

March 19, 2026 by Ted Leave a Comment

This is the Newport Beach oceanfront home where Josh.ai filmed the event
The 12K sq.ft. Newport Beach oceanfront home where Josh filmed its Keynote 2026

On Thursday, Josh.ai, a prominent control solution provider specializing in voice and AI technologies, held its annual Keynote presentation, this year called Josh.ai Keynote 2026, “Home in Harmony.” This year’s event highlighted largely software-based advances, such as an operating system update and a newly redesigned app.

Read more on Josh.ai’s Keynote 2026 event…

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Products Tagged With: Alex Capecelatro, Josh.ai

The Goal of New Sonos Play & Era 100 SL: Simply to be Entry Points into a Sonos System

March 12, 2026 by Ted Leave a Comment

Sonos is focused on driving system sales

Sonos, a company that has recently scaled back its research and development team as part of a companywide austerity program to improve earnings, is resorting to some old “tried and true” methods of launching “new” and “innovative” products…by updating previous models. CEO Tom Conrad called it “…building on what already works.”

As such, it has introduced the “new” Play and Era 100 SL models. Will this strategy attract new users???

See more on the latest ‘new’ models from Sonos…

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy Tagged With: Sonos, Tom Conrad

Video Projector Maker Barco Acquires Audio Company VerVent, Owner of Focal and Naim

March 12, 2026 by Ted 4 Comments

[Photo: Barco]

In a move that has some of Strata-gee’s sources perplexed and scratching their heads, high-end commercial and pro video projector and display manufacturer Barco (Euronext: BAR) announced this week that it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire VerVent Audio Holding (“VerVent” and “Vervent”). VerVent itself was created by the merger of French loudspeaker maker Focal and British high-performance audio electronics manufacturer NAIM some years ago.

See more on the merger of Barco and VerVent…

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Filed Under: Brands, Feature, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, An Steegen, audio, Barco, Focal, Naim, Vervent

Savant Brings Switzerland’s Silent Gliss to Its Recommended Partner Program

March 5, 2026 by Ted Leave a Comment

Silent Gliss 7650

Savant Systems, Inc. announced today that it has added Silent Gliss, a Swiss manufacturer of precision window treatments, to its Recommended Partner Program. Silent Gliss was founded in 1952, and Savant says it has been “a leading global manufacturer of precision window treatment solutions since it introduced the world’s first silent curtain track system” then.

Learn more about Silent Gliss in the Savant Recommended Partner Program…

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Filed Under: Feature, Manufacturers, News, Products Tagged With: curtains, Savant, Silent Gliss

WiiM Dramatically Expands Presence in U.S. CI Channel by Adding Multiple Rep Firms

March 5, 2026 by Ted Leave a Comment

WiiM product

WiiM, maker of a line of digital audio and streaming products that make a premium high-fidelity audio experience accessible to all, announced today that it is dramatically expanding its salesforce network in the U.S. It is doing this via the addition of at least six new independent manufacturer representative firms across the country.

Learn more about WiiM’s salesforce expansion…

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Filed Under: Feature, Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Strategy Tagged With: integration, Reps, streaming, WiiM

SoundTube Says Changing Trends in Commercial Space Design Dictates a Changed System Focus

February 26, 2026 by Ted Leave a Comment

A typical commercial space with exposed-structure ceiling

SoundTube says building design trends are changing, and integrators need to recognize the new standard in commercial space design in order to adjust system configurations to deliver the best performance for the greatest client satisfaction possible. Specifically, the company notes that exposed-structure ceilings – once a limited funky or trendy design subset- are now mainstream or the “standard” in retail, hospitality, fitness, and mixed-use commercial spaces.

And that reality calls for some new and thoughtful audio system design considerations.

See more on SoundTube’s recommendations for optimal system configurations…

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Filed Under: Commercial, Manufacturers, News, Products Tagged With: commercial, pendant speakers, SoundTube

Sonos Q1/2026 Shows Little Progress; CEO Gives Clues to His Turnaround Plan

February 20, 2026 by Ted Leave a Comment

Cover page for Sonos fiscal 2026 first quarter results

Sonos, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONO) reported its results for the first quarter of fiscal 2026, the period that ended on December 27, 2025. The results paint the picture of a company going through a painful transformation. And while some progress has clearly been made, there is still a long way to go – and it remains unclear whether the company will ultimately be successful. However, we’ll look at where they are right now, the plan they roughly sketched out for next steps, and you can see what you think.

Learn all about the Sonos quarterly earnings for Q1 of 2026…

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Filed Under: Feature, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: quarterly earnings, Sonos, Tom Conrad

Gentex, Parent of Onkyo & Klipsch, Announces Fiscal 2025 Financial Results

February 12, 2026 by Ted Leave a Comment

Gentex booth at CES 2026
[Click to enlarge][Photo: Gentex]

Gentex Corporation (Nasdaq: GNTX) announced the results of its financial performance for the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal 2025 – the period that ended on December 31, 2025. Management expressed satisfaction with 2025’s results, which it says were achieved despite several challenging headwinds impacting performance.

Learn more about Gentex’s fiscal 2025 results…

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Filed Under: Feature, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: Gentex, Integra, Klipsch, Onkyo, Steve Downing, Voxx

At ISE 2026, JBL Synthesis Launches 9 New Speakers & 3 Advanced AV Processors

February 5, 2026 by Ted 2 Comments

A home theater featuring JBL Synthesis loudspeakers

Holy Cow! The Harman Luxury Audio Group lion has reared back its head and roared AUDIO!!! I mean, the company is launching a total of 24 brand-new audio products at the 2026 Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show. Even for a company the size of Harman, that’s a lot! For now, I’m going to focus on the moves the company made with its JBL Synthesis Custom Loudspeaker line, which includes nine new speakers and three new “next-generation” AV processors.

Learn all about the new JBL Synthesis Custom Loudspeaker and processor introductions…

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Filed Under: Feature, Manufacturers, News, Products, Shows & Events Tagged With: Harman Luxury Audio Group, ISE, JBL Synthesis, Jim Garrett

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