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Auro Technologies’ StormAudio to Launch at CEDIA16

September 7, 2016 by Ted 4 Comments

Auro Technologies Launches Hardware Brand to Support all Advanced Surround Formats

StormAudio logoThe creator of one of the top three advanced immersive movie surround sound formats, Auro Technologies (Auro3D), is launching a new venture called StormAudio to market a high-end, high-performance line of processors and amplifiers that supports all of the advanced surround formats – including its competitors Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. The launch will officially kick off at this month’s CEDIA16 show in Dallas, TX from September 15-September 17 in booth #6628.

See more on this StormAudio and its products… [Read more…] about Auro Technologies’ StormAudio to Launch at CEDIA16

Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Products, Tech Trends Tagged With: Auro Technologies, Auro3D, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, StormAudio

Sharp in Negotiations to Buy Back Building Sold Only Months Ago

August 31, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

New Owner’s Moves Continue to Confound the Japanese Media

Graphic of Sharp's LogoNews comes out of Japan that the new owners of Sharp are in the process of buying back a building the old management sold off when seeking to improve profitability by reducing overhead. Now, new management – made up of former Foxconn executives – are doing an about-face and looking to repurchase the building, in a move that has Japanese media scratching their heads.

See more on this new course reversal from Sharp’s new managers… [Read more…] about Sharp in Negotiations to Buy Back Building Sold Only Months Ago

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: Foxconn, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Sharp

Russound Says Time to Hop on the 70-Volt Boat

August 18, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

Russound logoAs we recently told you, Russound has announced that it would be launching a line of 70-volt products designed to facilitate integrators’ entry into the commercial market. Now the company has released more details on just what their 70-volt offerings will include – and it appears to be a solid first step into the more commercial business.

See more on the new Russound 70-volt commercial line… [Read more…] about Russound Says Time to Hop on the 70-Volt Boat

Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Products, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: 70 volt, Charlie Porritt, commercial, Russound, streaming audio

Factory Tour: James Loudspeaker, The Inside Story

August 18, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

James Loudspeakers' BuildingFactory Tour Shows James Loudspeaker To Be More Than You Realized

In our work lives, we all try to project the most positive image of ourselves. Sometimes the only way to really get to known someone is to visit them in their home. Here, you can find a lot of clues to their true selves.

So it is with companies as well. Polished marketing and great looking products can give you an impression of a large, professional, smoothly-running operation. But, as we can attest from direct experience, that simply is not always the case.

And sometimes, as in the case of James Loudspeaker, you get surprised.

See James Loudspeaker in a whole new light… [Read more…] about Factory Tour: James Loudspeaker, The Inside Story

Filed Under: Industry Trends, Manufacturers, Products, Strategy Tagged With: Harman, James Loudspeakers, JBL Pro, Mark Schafle, Mike Park, Ted Telesky

LeEco, the Netflix/Apple/Tesla of China, Acquires Vizio

July 27, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

LeEco logoLe Holdings Co. Ltd. (LeEco), a Chinese company with unusual multi-business aspirations, announced this week that they had acquired Vizio, a U.S. manufacturer of affordable televisions, in a deal worth $2 billion. The deal will serve as LeEco’s entry into the U.S. market with its unusual mix of products.

See more on this deal which will bring a whole new line of technology to the U.S… [Read more…] about LeEco, the Netflix/Apple/Tesla of China, Acquires Vizio

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Brands, Financial, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, LeEco, Vizio

With BluOS, is Lenbrook the Apple of High-End Distributed AV?

July 20, 2016 by Ted 2 Comments

Company Expands BluOS into NAD Line, Expanding Its Options

BluOS logoBack in the Fall of 2013, we told you about the birth of a new brand called Bluesound – a new networkable, high-quality wired and wireless multiroom music system. Almost simultaneously, and in response to the obvious success of Sonos we suspect, new systems from Bose, D&M Holdings (HEOS), and Lenbrook were all introduced. But Lenbook officials maintained that their system had an advantage over most of the other systems – they had created their own operating system called BluOS.

And now BluOS is expanding in very interesting ways… [Read more…] about With BluOS, is Lenbrook the Apple of High-End Distributed AV?

Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Products, Strategy, Training Tagged With: Bluesound, BluOS, Greg Stidsen, Lenbrook, NAD

Look Out Nortek, Here Come the Lawyers

July 13, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

Acquirer Melrose Offers a Peek at Its Plans

Nortek LogoThe ink is barely dry on their agreement to be acquired by Britain’s Melrose Industries PLC, and already Nortek Inc. finds themselves the subject of multiple investigations by several major law firms who have publicly notified shareholders this deal may not be a good one for them. It is not clear if these law firms intend to take action yet, but if so, it could be a complicating factor in the transaction.

See who is stepping up to investigate Nortek… [Read more…] about Look Out Nortek, Here Come the Lawyers

Filed Under: Financial, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, Core Brands, Melrose, Melrose Industries PLC, Nortek, Nortek Inc.

AVAD Sold to Private Equity Company

July 5, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

BREAKING NEWS

Industry Veteran Tom Jacoby is AVAD’s New CEO

New AVAD logoNews comes this 4th of July holiday week that Ingram Micro, itself just recently acquired by a Chinese shipping company, has sold off AVAD, LLC and AVAD Canada Ltd., to Kingswood Capital Management, a private equity company. In an announcement from Kingswood, the company says it has brought in a new upper management team – including a new CEO, industry veteran Tom Jacoby.

See more on the sale of AVAD to private equity… [Read more…] about AVAD Sold to Private Equity Company

Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: Alex Wolf, Alliance of Value Added Distributors, AVAD, Fred Farrar, Harman, Ingram Micro, Kingswood Capital Management, Klipsch, Tom Jacoby

Russound to Get Serious about Commercial at CEDIA

June 23, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

Company Will Premiere a New 70-Volt Line of Commercial Products

RussoundLogoThey’ve been hinting about it for months, now Russound makes it official, they will launch an all-new line of 70-volt products targeted for the light commercial market at the upcoming CEDIA Expo in Dallas in September. Although the company had no specific model/feature information for the press at this time, the news is noteworthy nonetheless as the company is clearly expanding into more commercial-appropriate products this year.

See more on this announcement from Russound… [Read more…] about Russound to Get Serious about Commercial at CEDIA

Filed Under: Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Products, Tech Trends Tagged With: Charlie Porritt, Colin Clark, Pete Baker, Rajeev Agarwal, Russound

LCD Kingpin Sharp, Under New Management, Pursues OLED

June 22, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

Sharp to Cut Another 7,000 Employees

Foxconn logo

Big changes are coming to Sharp, Corp. in the wake of their acquisition by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co – better known as Foxconn. News out of Japan notes that the deal between Sharp and Foxconn officially closes at the end of this month. According to both parties, the acquisition is proceeding smoothly and is fully expected to close on time.

But Foxconn has big plans for big changes at Sharp… [Read more…] about LCD Kingpin Sharp, Under New Management, Pursues OLED

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: acquisition, Foxconn, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Kozo Takahashi, Sharp, Terry Gou

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