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Harman’s Mark Levinson Brand Launches Lower Cost 5000 Series; Seeks Expansion into Broader Market

October 21, 2020 by Ted 14 Comments

Lifestyle photo showing LPs and  turntable in a home

Last week, in dramatic fashion, Harman (part of Samsung) brand Mark Levinson announced the launch of an entirely new 5000 series family of products, whose lower price tag is designed to appeal to an expanded share of the market of audio enthusiasts. In a combination of well-produced video segments, coupled with live presentations to the industry media, Harman executives laid out their vision for the brand and presented the details of the engineering and craftsmanship behind their new line of electronics and sources that included a preamp, power amp, turntable and streaming SACD player

Learn more about the new Mark Levinson 5000 Series…

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: 5000 Series, Harman, High resolution audio, high-end, Mark Levinson

SnapAV Unleashes a Broad Array of New Products at Snap Pro Live

October 13, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

New Control4 Touchscreen T4 launched at Snap Pro Live
New Control4 T4 Touchscreens [Click to enlarge]

Kicking off their first ever virtual dealer event called Snap Pro Live, SnapAV unleashes a broad array of new products covering their wide gamut of product and service segments. Snap Pro Live runs for three days and kicked off today (Tuesday) afternoon with a keynote from CEO John Heyman – and this major product launch.

See what new products SnapAV launched at Snap Pro Live…

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Araknis, automation, Control4, PCNA, Snap Pro Live, SnapAV

Sound United Deal to Acquire Bowers & Wilkins Closes

October 9, 2020 by Ted 3 Comments

bowers & wilkins 702 signature speakers
702 Signature Photography

The Band’s Back Together – B&W Reunited with Classé Under Sound United

Sound United announced today that it has closed on its acquisition of Bowers & Wilkins (B&W), as expected. With this deal, B&W is rejoined with Classé – a high-end electronics manufacturer that itself was once part of B&W but then was acquired by Sound United back in Jaunuary 2018.

See more on Sound United acquiring Bowers & Wilkins

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy Tagged With: B&W, B&W Group, Boston Acoustics, Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, Classe, Definitive Technology, Denon, Geoff Edwards, HEOS, HEOS by Denon, Kevin Duffy, Marantz, Polk Audio, Sound United

Sonos Stock Slammed on News Apple Stores Drop the Line

October 7, 2020 by Ted 2 Comments

Photo of Apple store in Chicago

Lost 7% of Value in After-Hours Trading

Bloomberg News reported late on Monday that Apple is dropping Sonos [NASDAQ: SONO] and other non-Apple branded products from their stores. The news of Sonos losing such a major customer caused their stock to derail in after hours trading, down almost 7% in value at one point. On Tuesday, Sonos stock price closed down 3.2% as Wall Street digested the news.

See why Apple stores are dropping Sonos…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, News, Products, Retailers, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Apple, Apple Watch, B&O, B&W, Bang & Olufsen, Beats, Bowers & Wilkins, FitBit, Pioneer, Sonos

Automation Players URC & Somfy Collaborate for Luxury Comfort Solution

October 7, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Somfy blinds now integrate seamlessly into URC Total Control systems

URC and Somfy announced last week that they have come together in “a new phase of collaboration in smart home automation.” Building on the established strengths of the partners, both URC and Somfy end users will benefit from a seamless integration of Somfy products with URC control solutions.

See more on this URC & Somfy integration…

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Manufacturers, Products, Technology Tagged With: automation, smart home, Somfy, URC

Savant Expands Integrator Opportunities via Alliances

September 25, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Savant has partnered with Devialet speakers, shown here in white

Cuts Tech & Distribution Deals with Robern and Devialet

No question about it, Savant is on a roll. Just four months ago in May, the company surprised the industry by announcing their acquisition of GE Lighting, instantly transforming the company into one of the top lighting providers in the US. But, clearly, they weren’t done yet, as the company announced two new partnerships at CEDIA Expo Virtual – one with Robern, a luxury bathroom furnishings manufacturer…and the second with Devialet, a unique design-centric powered speaker maker out of Europe.

See more on Savant’s expanding partnerships

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Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Shows & Events, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Devialet, Robern, Savant, Savant Systems

With Lots of Expo News from AudioControl, Here is My Favorite

September 24, 2020 by Ted 3 Comments

AudioControl, a specialty electronics manufacturer of residential, commercial, and mobile audio products, had several announcements at last week’s CEDIA Expo Virtual. While many of those were announcing, for example, the shipping availability of previously announced products, one announcement in particular caught my eye. And it’s not about a product at all!

See the announcement from AudioControl that I feel is the most significant…

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Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Shows & Events, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Audio Control, AudioControl, CEDIA Expo Virtual, Director 2.0, upgrade

James Loudspeaker Launches All Terrain Outdoor Towers at CEDIA Expo

September 23, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

James Loudspeaker all terrain outdoor tower speakers

In a press conference at CEDIA Expo Virtual last week, James Loudspeaker showed the gathered press a dramatic new expansion of their all terrain line of outdoor speaker products – new outdoor towers that just might move the earth beneath your feet. The company says that these new All Terrain Outdoor Towers “are designed to deliver concert-level performance outdoors.”

See more on these James Loudspeaker towers

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Products, Shows & Events Tagged With: James Loudspeaker, Jeff Brewer, outdoor speakers, Sonance

Has Sonance Solved the Last Mystery of Invisibility?

September 18, 2020 by Ted 4 Comments

New Invisible Series Speakers Rivals Performance of Visible Models

At the dawn of the custom integration industry (then custom installation industry), it became clear to many that there was strong consumer demand for a more custom solution that allowed clients to reclaim floor space lost to big box speakers. This demand led to the creation of in-ceiling and in-wall speakers. Certainly, for many consumers, this was a dramatic step forward in regaining control of their interior design. Yet as time went by, it was clear that what many clients really wanted was…completely invisible sound.

CEDIA Expo Virtual logo

But invisible speakers generally don’t match the sound quality of traditional visible in-ceiling/in-wall models – a major performance compromise that causes many integrators to refuse to offer them. But in a press conference at the CEDIA Expo Virtual this week, Sonance told the gathered media that they have solved the conundrum of the sound quality compromise of invisible speaker performance.

See the innovative new Sonance Invisible Series…

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Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Products, Shows & Events, Technology Tagged With: CEDIA Expo Virtual, Invisible Series, Sonance

Crestron Invites You to Leave the Now, and Head to What’s Next: Crestron NEXT

September 10, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Crestron NEXT logo and banner

Creston, one of the industry’s largest and most respected brands of control and automation solutions for the residential and commercial channels, is holding their Crestron NEXT virtual event next week – and it looks extremely interesting. Taking place over two days – September 15 & 16 (yes, during CEDIA’s virtual show), there are two versions: residential and commercial.

See more on why you should plan on attending Crestron NEXT…

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Filed Under: Industry Trends, Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Promotions, Shows & Events, Strategy, Tech Trends, Technology Tagged With: Crestron, Crestron Home

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