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Cambridge Audio Intros P100, Its First Over-Ear Wireless Headphones in Melomania Series
Cambridge Audio, the U.K.-based audio specialty maker and merchant of affordable premium-grade audio gear, introduced today its first-ever over-ear headphones in its award-winning Melomania wireless headphone series. The new Melomania P100 balances elegant design with spectacular sound quality…blending in mind-blowing battery life and a healthy dose of best-in-class technology.
Learn all about the Cambridge Audio P100 wireless over-ear headphones
[Read more…] about Cambridge Audio Intros P100, Its First Over-Ear Wireless Headphones in Melomania SeriesAnother Analog Comeback: Meet the New Pentax 17 Analog Film Camera
Interesting news out of Japan as we learn that Ricoh, a large Japanese imaging company that owns the Pentax camera brand, is launching its first film camera under the Pentax brand in over 20 years. This new model, the Pentax 17, will launch first in overseas markets in June, and then in the domestic (Japan) market in July.
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[Read more…] about Another Analog Comeback: Meet the New Pentax 17 Analog Film CameraIn a Rare Move in Asia, Workers’ Union Calls for a Strike at Samsung
The National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) announced on Monday that it will launch a general strike against Samsung that will continue until the company meets its demands for better pay and more time off, according to a report by Reuters. The union went on to warn “of [a] more damaging action” against the company than a one-day walkout last month.
See more about a nasty labor situation building at Samsung
[Read more…] about In a Rare Move in Asia, Workers’ Union Calls for a Strike at SamsungMasimo COO Sends Conditional Letter of Resignation to the Board
Bilal Muhsin Has ‘No Intention of Remaining’…’If Quentin Koffey…Take[s] Control’
In a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Masimo Corporation (Nasdaq: MASI) reveals that Bilal Muhsin, its Chief Operating Officer (COO) has sent a conditional letter of resignation to the Board of Directors. The move is yet another escalation in the proxy war for control of the company between Masimo management and activist investment group Politan Capital Management – one of the company’s largest shareholders that already holds two seats on its Board.
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[Read more…] about Masimo COO Sends Conditional Letter of Resignation to the BoardIt May Be Hot in NJ, But the Country is Hit by a Blizzard of Masimo Filings
Politan: Sound United Must Go
The annual Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI) shareholder meeting is now just four weeks away, and on Wednesday we saw a blizzard of proxy filings by both Masimo management and activist investor Politan Capital Management. The gloves are off and the pugilists are swinging. But how is this fight shaping up? Who has the upper hand?
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[Read more…] about It May Be Hot in NJ, But the Country is Hit by a Blizzard of Masimo FilingsAs LCD TV Biz Slides, Sharp Sells Its Largest Panel Factory to AI Companies
Are Onkyo & Integra Connected to This Story?
In yet another sign of mega changes in the electronics industry, news comes to us out of Japan via the Nikkei that Sharp Corp. – a division of Apple supplier Foxconn – is in negotiation to sell off a majority of the property and factory associated with its largest LCD panel manufacturing facility in Japan. That news alone surprised many in Japan, as Sharp has been a world leader in developing LCD TVs, but also surprising is that it would choose to sell this facility, a flagship for them in Sakai, a coastal city in Osaka.
Also surprising, a bidding war has broken out as multiple big players seek to turn the factory into a data center for use in generative AI, a technology in which Japan feels it lags.
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[Read more…] about As LCD TV Biz Slides, Sharp Sells Its Largest Panel Factory to AI CompaniesJeff Murray, CEO of AVPro Global, Named ‘Person of the Year’ at InfoComm
Jeff Murray, CEO of AVPro Global Holdings (parent of AudioControl), was named “Person of the Year” at InfoComm 2024 by Commercial Integrator (CI) magazine. Part of its CI Best awards program, Murray was selected as its first-ever Person of the Year, a new category for the award program.
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[Read more…] about Jeff Murray, CEO of AVPro Global, Named ‘Person of the Year’ at InfoCommKrell Owner Rondi D’Agostino Dies; Iconic Audio Brand Loses Guiding Light
Tributes on social media began flowing over the weekend as news emerged late last week that Rondi D’Agostino, co-founder of premium audio brand Krell, had died. While details on the passing remain sparse, the high-end community is mourning the loss of the leader of an iconic audio brand.
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[Read more…] about Krell Owner Rondi D’Agostino Dies; Iconic Audio Brand Loses Guiding LightAzione Unlimited Elects OneVision Executive to Board of Advisors
Azione Unlimited, part of the Nationwide Marketing Group family of dealer buying groups, announced this week that Brad Camp has been elected to the organization’s Board of Advisors. Unique to the world of buying groups, Azione not only places executives from the dealers who are members of the organization on their Board, but also seats executives from vendors and supporting service organizations.
