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Lenbrook Responds to Sonos Lawsuit, It Will ‘Defend Vigorously the Claims’

June 26, 2019 by Ted 4 Comments

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Strata-gee reported yesterday that late last week Sonos had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lenbrook Industries Limited and Lenbrook America. This suit, which is almost identical to the one Sonos had successfully pursued with D&M Holdings and Denon over its HEOS line, was resolved in Sonos’s favor a little over a year ago.

Now we have Lenbrook’s response to this development – the company says it will “defend vigorously the claims of patent infringement made by computer audio company Sonos…”

See what else Lenbrook had to say about the Sonos suit…

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Filed Under: Brands, Law, Management, Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Bluesound, Lenbrook, Lenbrook America, Lenbrook Industries Limited, licensing, patents

Music System Sales Sagging, Sonos Un-Leashes Lawyers to Raise Revenues

June 26, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Strata-gee reported just yesterday that Sonos, Inc. has sued Lenbrook Industries Ltd. & Lenbrook America – the maker & marketer of Bluesound – for patent infringement. Undoubtedly emboldened by their near-complete victory over Denon’s HEOS brand a little over a year ago, Sonos appears to have targeted Lenbrook to be next in line.

However, Strata-gee has learned that Lenbrook is not the only company targeted for such potential actions by Sonos. There are more – perhaps many more – in our industry lined up for this “hit” parade.

See what Strata-gee learned about Sono’s legal strategy…

[Read more…] about Music System Sales Sagging, Sonos Un-Leashes Lawyers to Raise Revenues

Filed Under: Brands, Law, Management, Manufacturers, News, Products, Specialty, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Bluesound, Lenbrook, Lenbrook America, Lenbrook Industries Limited, licensing, royalty, Sonos, The Lenbrook Group, wireless, wireless music systems, wireless speakers

Denon Defeated, Sonos Sics Lawyers on Lenbrook

June 25, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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On Thursday last week, Sonos, Inc. (NASDAQ: SONO) filed another patent infringement lawsuit, this time against Lenbrook Industries Limited and Lenbrook America Corp. At issue here is Lenbrook’s Bluesound brand launched back in 2013 to great fanfare as Strata-gee reported on at the time…and also discussed here…and which Sonos claims infringes on multiple Sonos patents.

See more on the Sonos suit vs Lenbrook…

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Filed Under: Brands, Law, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Bluesound, Lenbrook, litigation, patent, Sonos

Lenbrook Previews NAD M10 Hi-Res Streamer to NY Press

June 20, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Lenbrook's Greg Stidsen presenting the NAD M10 BluOS Streaming Amplifier

On Tuesday, Lenbrook invited members of the media to an “intimate album listening party” in Manhattan’s trendy Soho district. Despite the fact that the weather was less than cooperative – with warm, extremely humid temps, and at times torrential rainfall – there was an bar and hors d’oeuvres, which is always a strong draw. Maybe a strong enough draw to entice an editor from New Jersey into Manhattan in the traffic and the rain!

But this listening party turned out to be a bit of a preview opportunity for an interesting and relatively new product – a streaming amplifier. And not just any streaming amplifier, mind you – but a streaming amplifier being launched in the NAD Master series. That got my attention…

See NAD’s interesting new M10 Masters Streaming Amplifier…

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, Marketing, Products, Strategy Tagged With: Greg Stidsen, Lenbrook, PSB, streaming, streaming audio

Against Stunning Backdrop, CE Week Comes to Town

June 19, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

The entrance to the Jacob Javits center in midtown New York City, NY, site of CE Week

CE Week, a production of the folks from CT Labs (publishers of Dealerscope, Technology Integrator, Connected Design), launched their latest iteration of of the event last week again at the Jacob Javits Center in midtown Manhattan. The gods were smiling on the promoters…granting them stunningly beautiful weather that was brightly sunshiny, with deep blue skies, and insanely comfortable temps in the mid-70s. What a dramatic contrast from the normal mid-June heat, humidity, and rain that is much more typical.

The weather was dramatic, but was CE Week?

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Filed Under: Industry Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, Media, News, Shows & Events, Tech Trends Tagged With: CE Week, CT Labs

Angling at Auction for a Deal on Thiel? Heed This Warning

June 5, 2019 by Ted 5 Comments

Thiel speaker at a show

Last week’s Strata-gee story on the final liquidation of what remains of Thiel not only drew a huge number of readers, it also sent a big chunk of them on to the auctioneer’s website (McLemore Auctions). Many of those readers who journeyed to the auction were in search of a great deal on a good line of Thiel speakers. But then, in an unexpected twist, a source reached out to Strata-gee to offer a warning to those in search of a great deal on Thiel.

Know this before bidding in the Thiel auction…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Products Tagged With: acquisition, auction, audiophile, liquidation, private equity, specialty, Thiel

Savant Says Audio Can Be Smarter Too With SmartAmp

May 30, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Popular home automation systems provider Savant Systems has been extending and expanding their product line-up with ever newer, ever smarter solutions for years. And now Savant says audio too can be smarter thanks to its new SmartAmp smart audio amplifier, being launched now in conjunction with their participation in the Pacific Coast Builder Conference.

See Savant’s new SmartAmp audio amplifier

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Products, Tech Trends Tagged With: amplifiers, Savant, Savant Systems, streaming

Swan Song for Thiel: Total Liquidation Has Begun

May 29, 2019 by Ted 2 Comments

Thiel TM3 in the auction

The long sad saga of Thiel is just about over for good. Having entered bankruptcy in October 2018, an auction house has finally been selected and started the process of liquidating all that remains of the former Nashville, Tenn-based Thiel…including Thiel Loudspeakers, Aurora by Thiel wireless music systems, and detritus from the Aurora Studio live streaming music studio.

Hot deal – cold brand: The Thiel liquidation…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Manufacturers, News, Products, Shows & Events Tagged With: bankruptcy, high-end, Jim Thiel, Kathy Gornik, liquidation, Thiel, Thiel Audio, Tom Thiel

AudioControl CEO on Fox Biz Network Says Tariffs are Trouble

May 24, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

AudioControl CEO Alex Camara on the Fox Business Network

Alex Camara, CEO of Seattle-based specialty electronics manufacturer AudioControl, was featured Friday on a segment on the Fox Business Network (FBN) talking the real impact of tariffs on American manufacturers. In the wake of the move by the Trump administration pushing a dramatically increased 25% tariff on a wide range of Chinese goods, Camara explained to FBN anchor Liz Claman the true impact these tariffs have on his business…and ultimately the American consumer.

See Camara explain how tariffs are trouble…

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Filed Under: Associations, Financial, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, People Tagged With: Alex Camara, AudioControl, Fox Business Network, Liz Claman, tariffs

The Techy Side of AudioControl You Probably Don’t Even Know

May 22, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Many years ago, I worked at a audio specialty retailer in East Lansing, Michigan. As audio specialists, we not only sold and serviced some of the finest audio brands around, but we also sold test gear for users and pros to use to test and fine tune their systems. And one of the brands we sold that offered high quality testing products was AudioControl, who along with their line of graphic equalizers also offered things like spectrum analyzers with calibrated microphones.

They still sell testing gear and now will be showing their latest iOS-based digital test measurement solutions at InfoComm 2019.

Learn more about AudioControl’s test gear…

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Filed Under: Associations, Brands, Manufacturers, Products, Shows & Events Tagged With: AudioControl, InfoComm, Studio Six Digital

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