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MESSY-mo! Masimo is a Mess – Proxy War, Board Battles, Spin-Off Conflict, Whole Co. Up for Sale, JV Partner Emerges, DOJ & SEC Investigations

June 7, 2024 by Ted 1 Comment

Masimo proxy cover image

The Future of Sound United Continues to Hang in the Balance

SEE STORY UPDATE NEAR END – It is total pandemonium in Masimo land as the company and Politan are engaged in a massive and really, really ugly proxy war ahead of the company’s annual meeting scheduled for July 25, 2024, at the Masimo headquarters in Irvine, CA. Details in dueling proxy filings so far have revealed many things we didn’t know up to now. And almost none of what has been revealed…is good.

Company CEO Kiani is in a fight for his professional life…Sound United is dangling in the wind of an uncertain future – and, frankly, even the entire company’s path forward is a question mark.

See More on matters at Masimo and the Sound United situation…

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: Joe Kiani, Masimo, Politan Capital Management, Quentin Koffey

Panasonic Decides to Exit High-End Projector Biz; Puts Biz Unit Up for Sale

May 30, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Panasonic puts its projector business up for sale

For many generations, Panasonic Holdings has been a leading global technology innovator and while its business model has shifted in the last few years, it still holds much respect around the world. Now we’ve learned that the company has decided to sell off its high-end projector unit in order to refocus its resources on digital supply chain systems.

See more on this consequential decision by Panasonic to drop projectors

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: commercial, Panasonic, projectors

Due to Popular Demand, Cambridge Audio Adds VU Meters to CXN100

May 28, 2024 by Ted 3 Comments

Cambridge Audio CXN100

Cambridge Audio announced today that it is adding the ability to bring VU meters and a clock display to another company model, the CXN100 Network Player, via an over-the-air (OTA) software update. And why are they doing this? The company says that the decision to expand the number of models to gain this feature was made “due to popular demand.”

Learn more about the Cambridge Audio CXN100 gaining access to VU meters

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Products Tagged With: Cambridge Audio, VU meters

Parasound Appoints Final Link as Its Distributor for Australia & New Zealand

May 23, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Parasound JC1 designed by John Curl

Parasound has appointed Final Link Audio of Melbourne, Australia as its distributor for all of Australia and New Zealand. Final Link will offer all Parasound models, including their famous John Curl-engineered models.

See more on Final Link and Parasound in the land down under

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Filed Under: Distributors, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: international, Parasound

Will Sonos Ace Help the Company Return Its Business to Growth?

May 21, 2024 by Ted 7 Comments

Sonos launches new Sonos Ace headphones

Sonos, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONO) announced today the long-awaited launch of its secretive new product targeted for a “multi-billion dollar category,” as Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is wont to remind us of frequently. One of the worst-kept, leakiest of launch secrets (probably intentionally so) in the industry, the company announced a new over-the-ear wireless headphone model featuring Dolby Atmos immersive sound and active noise cancellation called Sonos Ace.

But did the company Ace the test for turning around its deteriorating financial performance?

See more on the Sonos Ace headphone

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Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, News, Products Tagged With: headphones, Sonos

Sonos Says Q2 Fiscal 2024 ‘Exceeded Our Expectations;’ Revenues -16.9%, Losses +127%

May 16, 2024 by Ted 2 Comments

Sonos Q2/FY2024 cover

Sonos, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONO) announced its financial performance for the second quarter of Fiscal 2024, the period that ended on March 30, 2024. The numbers, as we’re seeing more consistently across a wide variety of consumer brands, were rough…really rough. Revenues in the quarter declined a nasty 16.9% and the company’s Net Loss more than doubled, increasing by a scary 127%.

Yet CEO Patrick Spence claimed in a statement that “…we delivered results that slightly exceeded our expectations…” Either they were expecting a really devastating result, or I’ll have whatever he’s having!

See more on the Sonos Q2 Fiscal 2024 results

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: Patrick Spence, quarterly earnings, Sonos

Snap One Reports Results for Q1 of Fiscal 2024; Old Themes Continue

May 8, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Snap One booth at CEDIA Expo 2023

Snap One Holdings Corp, soon to be part of Resideo Technologies’ ADI distribution business, reported their financial performance for the first quarter of Fiscal 2024 yesterday. In the wash, it looks much like its other recent quarterly reports – sales decline, losses increase, sales shift from its own proprietary brands to third-party brands, etc. But a couple of things did change, starting with my assessment that much less effort than usual was expended in creating this pretty thin report than is typical for them…there isn’t even a quote from CEO John Heyman or anyone in management…and the company even chose not to hold an earnings conference call with analysts as they typically do every quarter.

I suspect that this is due to the fact that the entire company – and its investors – are simply waiting for the new owners to take over.

See more on the Snap One Q1 Fiscal 2024 financial results

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers Tagged With: Resideo, Snap One

D-Day Arrives; Control4 Integrators Begin Turning Clients over to Snap One

April 24, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

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.

See more on this new industry scheme

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Filed Under: Brands, Dealers, Integrators, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: John Heyman, Resideo, SaaS, Snap One

AVA Cinema Remote Now Shipping After Production Glitch Resolved

April 4, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

AVA Cinema Remote held by Ted Haeger
Ted Haeger, AVA Chief Customer Officer showing off the new Cinema Remote [Click to enlarge]

When it comes to a potentially ground-breaking remote control, good things come to those who wait. But the wait is over and AVA, Inc. has announced it is now shipping its remarkable Cinema Remote, an innovative new remote control design first previewed to dealers at CEDIA Expo 2023. They may have had to wait longer than anticipated due to a manufacturing glitch, but now that is resolved and the product is flowing to the field.

See why this AVA shipping news is newsworthy…

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Products, Technology Tagged With: AVA, Patrick Domenig, Raphael Oberholzer, Ted Haeger

Chris Kane of AudioControl is Promoted to Vice President for AV Pro Global

April 4, 2024 by Ted 1 Comment

Chris Kane of AudioControl is now VP of NA Residential Sales for AVPro Global

Chris Kane, long-time key executive at AudioControl has been promoted to Vice President of North American Residential Sales for AVPro Global. Sioux Falls, SD-based AVPro Global is a rapidly expanding manufacturer and distributor of top custom integration brands, such as AudioControl, AVPro Edge, Bullet Train, Murideo, and Then Audio.

See more on the advancement of Chris Kane

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Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, News, People Tagged With: AudioControl, AVPro Global, Chris Kane

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