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MQA – Voices Arise in Harmony with a Video Critique from ‘GoldenSound’

June 17, 2021 by Ted 22 Comments

Part 2 – We Go Deep into the World of Those Opposed to MQA & Bill Leebens Speaks with GoldenSound

STRATA-GEE: This is the second installment of our series on the controversy engulfing MQA, conducted in partnership with guest poster Bill Leebens. In this post, you will learn more about those who are critical of MQA, with some going on the record for the first time for this story. MQA has been controversial almost from the beginning – with an intense opposition that ebbs and flows over time. But as we told you in our introductory installment (see MQA Controversy – A True Audio Breakthrough? Or a Marketing Scam?), a recent YouTube video critique from an audiophile not involved in the audio industry, has spurred a huge resurgence of interest (that video had over 267,000 views!), in part because of the perhaps naive but seemingly earnest reasonableness of “GoldenSound” and the heavy-handed backslap from MQA.

Learn more on why some oppose MQA

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Filed Under: Brands, News, People, Tech Trends, Technology Tagged With: Bill Leebens, Bob Stuart, GoldenSound, MQA

ISE 2021 ‘Heralds’ Getting the Industry ‘Back to Business,’ But Did They?

June 9, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

In a press release distributed Wednesday morning, Integrated Systems Events (part of Integrated Systems Europe) announced the conclusion of their annual ISE event, this year in Barcelona, Spain for the first time on June 1-2. It was a hybrid-style event, offering an online or virtual conference as well as an in-person event with exhibitors in the Fira de Barcelona exhibition center. The organizers heralded the event as helping “the industry getting back to business.”

But how successful was the ISE this year? See more…

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Filed Under: Associations, Distributors, Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Sales Reps, Shows & Events, Technology Tagged With: AVIXA, CEDIA, David Labuskes, Giles Sutton, Integrated Systems Europe, ISE, Mike Blackman

US Jobs Post-COVID: A Longer Slog Back Than Expected

June 9, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

US jobs are taking a while to rebuild post-pandemic

Not long ago, I weighed in on whether I believed that the U.S. economy would “bounce back” after the impact of COVID-19 began to taper off. A vigorous debate had erupted at the time, with multiple market observers offering their opinions as to whether there would be a v-shaped, w-shaped, u-shaped (or another character) recovery. We all wanted a v-shaped recovery, which would mean that the economy would essentially snap back instantly to where it was before the pandemic.

I did not expect a v-shaped recovery because it seemed to me that reopening the economy would be less coordinated than when the entire country basically shut down at the beginning of the pandemic. The latest government data on U.S. job growth shows this to be the case.

See the latest US jobs numbers in our sloppy recovery

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, News, People Tagged With: COVID-19, Jobs

US Consumer Media Usage Hits All-Time High in 2020; What Happens Now?

June 8, 2021 by Ted 1 Comment

Consumers media usage - Watching TV

Whether you are a manufacturer designing tech gear for the residential market, or an integrator designing systems for your client’s homes, it can be helpful to better understand how they wish to use the gear or systems to consume media content. New statistical research shows that – no surprise – the average daily time U.S. consumers spent consuming media hit an all-time high in 2020…the year of COVID-19. You probably already knew this fact or at least suspected it to be the case. Now the data is in and between digital media and traditional media, the average consumption moved up by almost an extra hour a day.

But what you likely don’t know is – which specific media category saw increased use, which specific media category saw decreased use? And, most importantly, what happens now?

See the latest data forecasting of consumer media consumption…

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Media, News, Research, Statistics Tagged With: media

VOXX Finally Speaks: We Have an Agreement to Purchase Only Onkyo

June 3, 2021 by Ted 1 Comment

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Well after much coverage on the VOXX/Onkyo deal by Strata-gee, in which VOXX remained strangely silent, the company finally issued a press release today in which they acknowledged that they had signed an asset purchase agreement (APA) with Onkyo for $30.8 million. The deal remains subject to approval by Onkyo shareholders in a vote scheduled to take place on June 25, 2021.

This news was likely not a surprise to Strata-gee readers. But what was a surprise is that this purchase does NOT include the Pioneer and Pioneer Elite brands.

See more on the latest news out of VOXX about Onkyo

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: 11 Trading Company, acquisition, Klipsch, Onkyo, Onkyo Home Entertainment Corp, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite, Premium Audio Company, Voxx International

Bryston Partners with Azione Unlimited

June 3, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Bryston's logo

Bryston Ltd., a well-regarded manufacturer of high-end audio and home theater gear, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Azione Unlimited, a nationwide buying group of integrators. The move looks to expand their potential network of dealers here in the U.S.

See more on this Bryston and Azione partnership

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Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Azione Unlimited, Bryston, Dave Kakenmaster

SnapAV Says Latest Control4 OS 3.2.2 Update Offers Full Support of OvrC

June 1, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Control4 and OvrC

SnapAV announced today (Tuesday) that its latest rendition of its automation brand Control4’s OS 3 operating software – OS 3.2.2 – finally introduces full support of the company’s popular OvrC remote management platform. No doubt part of their ongoing integration strategy since they first acquired Control4, this news is sure to make life just a little easier for their Control4 dealers who support OvrC.

See more on Control4’s OS 3.2.2 & OvrC

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Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Control4, home automation, OvrC, remote monitoring, smart home, SnapAV

Onkyo Directors Vote to Authorize the Sale of the Company in $30.3M Deal

May 28, 2021 by Ted 9 Comments

On Wednesday, at a specially convened meeting of the Board of Directors for Onkyo Home Entertainment Co. Ltd. (Onkyo), company directors formally voted to authorize the transfer of Onkyo’s home AV division to the partnership of VOXX, Intl. and Sharp Corporation, in a deal valued at $30.3 million. The transaction is pending shareholder approval. This development represents real progress on a deal that had appeared to be bogged down recently.

See more on this deal as it gets back on track

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Financial, Management, News, Strategy Tagged With: 11 Trading Company, acquisition, Integra, Klipsch, Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite, Premium Audio Company, Voxx International

Sony Doubles-Down on Transformation from CE to Gaming, Media, & Services

May 27, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

sony invests

Company Plans to Invest $18 Billion in ‘Strategic Investments’; See What Segments are Targeted

Sony Group announced yesterday that it will invest no less than Â¥2 trillion ($18 billion) over the next three years to turbo-charge the company’s transition from a consumer electronics powerhouse to a global leader in gaming, media, and services. The only hardware they are looking to equally dominate is the sensor business – and a potential entry into the general chip-making business (more on this later).

More on the remarkable Sony global transformation

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: artificial intelligence, COVID-19, media, movies, music, robots, semiconductors, sensors, services, Sony, strategic investment, streaming services, TV shows

Onkyo Releases Final Fiscal 2021 Numbers and I Am Stunned

May 25, 2021 by Ted 10 Comments

Onkyo Classic OCP-1
Is this the future of Onkyo?

I recently told you that the Onkyo & VOXX/Sharp deal has been delayed from a firm May 20th date to sign a definitive agreement, to a more hazy “sometime” in late May, according to an announcement released by Onkyo to investors in Japan. At the same time the company put that announcement out, they also released the final numbers for their fiscal 2021 results – the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021. The only way I can characterize these numbers is to say that they are…in a word…stunning.

See the Onkyo results for fiscal 2021…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: crowdfunding, Onkyo, retro

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