Southern California-based manufacturer sales representative firm AV Partners has added a well-known industry veteran to its team, as well as a trio of leading AV brands to its line card in a significant expansion of the organization. A respected firm with a full team covering a large multi-state territory that specializes in representing top custom integration brands, AV Partners brings a unique mix of capabilities, experience, and creativity to bear for the benefit of all of their dealers.
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Klipsch Partners with Marvel Animation as Official Home Speaker of X-Men ’97
Leading consumer speaker brand Klipsch announced this week that it is partnering with Marvel Animation’s X-Men ’97 as the official home speakers for the series which launched on Disney+ Wednesday. If you have kids, you likely know the popularity of the X-Men franchise, which with this new series looks to trade on that popularity to the benefit of both partners.
Learn more about this X-Men ’97 & Klipsch partnership
[Read more…] about Klipsch Partners with Marvel Animation as Official Home Speaker of X-Men ’97Home Construction Looks to Rebound in 2024; Housing Starts & Builder Sentiment Up
The overall housing market has been an economic laggard as the country has seen its economy rebound in the post-pandemic era. The reason for this is primarily due to an unusual combination of high interest rates AND high home prices AND limited available inventory of homes for sale. It is a triple witching that has bedeviled the housing industry in the post-pandemic era.
But is housing about to turn up?
See how the latest housing starts data is a positive sign for home construction
[Read more…] about Home Construction Looks to Rebound in 2024; Housing Starts & Builder Sentiment UpParasound CEO: Making Progress, But Wait Until You See What’s Coming
Company has Moved Its Headquarters to Las Vegas
Recently, Parasound conducted another online Town Hall meeting for dealers interested in learning more about the brand’s progress under the leadership of new owner, CEO David Sheriff. Held via Microsoft Teams on a recent Saturday to facilitate participation, it lasted an impressive 1¾ hours long with the majority of all participant questions answered.
See what CEO David Sheriff shared with Town Hall participants
[Read more…] about Parasound CEO: Making Progress, But Wait Until You See What’s ComingU.K. Gov’t Will Use Vinyl Records as Part of Its Official Tracking of Inflation
I continue to be intrigued by the growing influence of vinyl records, a once dominant media that by the early 2000s was thought to be dead. Now, however, after 17 back-to-back years of ever-increasing sales growth (according to RIAA data), it is back. A global phenomenon, this week the U.K. government announced it would now include vinyl records in its official basket of goods used to track inflation.
See more on the growing influence of vinyl albums
[Read more…] about U.K. Gov’t Will Use Vinyl Records as Part of Its Official Tracking of InflationRetro-Cool: Cambridge Audio Adds Large VU Meters to Its Evo Models
Cambridge Audio announced today that it is introducing VU meters to its Evo models. A once ubiquitous feature of audio amps and recorders for decades – and an accouterment near and dear to this former recording musician and record producer’s heart – the company says VU meters are a “much-requested feature” that will now be available for the company’s award-winning all-in-one players.
See more Cambridge Audio adding VU meters to Evo
[Read more…] about Retro-Cool: Cambridge Audio Adds Large VU Meters to Its Evo ModelsSnap One Closes Out a Tough Year; They Say Next Year Will Be Better…Maybe
Company Turns To Forced Client Fees to Improve Its Results
At the end of last week, Snap One Holdings Corporation [NASDAQ: SNPO] announced the results of its Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023. Much as we’ve seen quarter-by-quarter all year long, the company remained subsumed by a challenging “destocking” market, with Net Sales in Fiscal 2023 finishing down 5.6%, and its Net Loss last year increasing by another 146.3% this year. CEO John Heyman called it “another strong year.”
But was it truly “another strong year?”
See more details on the Snap One Fiscal 2023 performance
[Read more…] about Snap One Closes Out a Tough Year; They Say Next Year Will Be Better…MaybePremium Audio Company Launches New Mid-Level Pioneer A/V Receivers
Premium Audio Company, a division of VOXX International, this week announced two new Pioneer branded A/V receivers – the VSX-835 and the VSX-535 – that they say are feature-packed “Immersive Sound Audio Video Receivers.” Said to be targeted at home theater and gaming enthusiasts, these appear to be the first new Pioneer products for 2024.
Learn more about these new Pioneer A/V receivers
[Read more…] about Premium Audio Company Launches New Mid-Level Pioneer A/V ReceiversAudioControl Acquisition by AVPro Global – Seven Months Later
It has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for everyone at AudioControl over the last couple of years. The company, a leading specialty manufacturer of integrator-focused, high-quality audio electronics, has had three different owners in the last two years. Have they finally found their new home?
See my update on the AVPro Global acquisition of AudioControl
[Read more…] about AudioControl Acquisition by AVPro Global – Seven Months LaterEmerald, Owner of CEDIA Expo & CE Pro, Says 2023 Revenues Rise 17% but Profits Drop 102%
Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE: EEX), the parent company of Emerald Expositions, one of the country’s largest B2B tradeshow exposition companies, reported its Fiscal 2023 fourth quarter and full-year results. The results were mixed with full-year revenues growing by 17.5% compared to Fiscal 2022, but profits collapsing by 102% to a Net Loss.
Company management expressed extreme optimism on a call with financial analysts, but its stock value dropped dramatically the day it released these numbers.