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First-Ever ‘Inside Sound United’ Virtual Event is Next Week; Register Today

November 2, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Major industry player Sound United is on the cusp of launching its first-ever virtual event called, appropriately enough, “Inside Sound United” (ISU). Coming November 9-12, 2021 to a computer near you, this highly immersive 4-day virtual event will be chock full of useful content and allow integrators to experience a side of the company not usually seen.

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Filed Under: Brands, Dealers, Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Shows & Events, Training Tagged With: Bowers & Wilkins, Definitive Technology, Denon, HEOS, Marantz, Polk, Sound United

Is Sound United Sound? Top Credit Rating Agency Says It’s ‘Speculative’

April 30, 2021 by Ted 2 Comments

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Moody’s Investors Service, one of the top credit rating agencies in the world, said this month that DEI Sales, Inc., dba Sound United, has been assigned a credit rating of B2 and a probability of default rating of B2-PD. In addition to this, they are assigning another B2 rating to Sound United’s proposed $380 million senior secured first lien term loan due in 2028. The forward looking “outlook” for Sound United and this rating is “stable.”

What does a B2 rating of Sound United mean?

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Boston Acoustics, Bowers & Wilkins, Charlesbank Capital Partners, Classe, Definitive Technology, DEI Sales, Denon, FS KKR, HEOS, Marantz, Moody's Investors Services, Polk Audio, Sound United

Former Nike Exec to Take a Run at Denon

March 18, 2021 by Ted 3 Comments

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Sound United, parent company to a wide range of audio lines, announced this week that it has hired Trip Randall, a former executive with sneaker & sports gear maker Nike, to be the new President of Denon. The company says this move is part of their plan to “revitalize marketing” at Denon. They also say they are looking to “boost direct-to-consumer sales” as well as several other initiatives.

See more on the new Denon president…

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Management, Manufacturers, News, People, Strategy Tagged With: Bart Muller, Boston Acoustics, Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, Definitive Technology, Denon, HEOS, Marantz, Polk, Sound United, Trip Randall

Sound United Deal to Acquire Bowers & Wilkins Closes

October 9, 2020 by Ted 3 Comments

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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.

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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

Bowers & Wilkins in Preliminary Agreement to Be Acquired By Sound United

June 12, 2020 by Ted 4 Comments

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In yet another twist in the long and winding saga of Bowers & Wilkins (B&W), it was announced late Friday that the company has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Sound United, the parent company of several audio brands such as Denon, Marantz, Polk Audio, Definitive Technology, HEOS, Classé, and Boston Acoustics.

See more on Sound United acquiring Bowers & Wilkins…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, B&W, Boston Acoustics, Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, classé, Classe, Definitive Technology, Denon, Marantz, Polk Audio, Sound United

Sound United and HTSA Partner to Expand Market Availability of Top Audio Brands

May 20, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Sound United LLC, the parent company to brands such as Denon, Marantz, Polk Audio, Definitive Technology, Classé, and Boston Acoustics, announced on Tuesday that they have joined forces with Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA), a leading trade consortium of custom integration dealers. This new partnership will expand availability of some of the top specialty audio brands throughout North America, thanks to HTSA’s extensive network of top dealers.

See more on this Sound United and HTSA partnership…

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Filed Under: Brands, Buying Groups, Integrators, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: Boston Acoustics, classé, Classe, Definitive Technology, Denon, Frank Sterns, Home Technology Specialists of America, HTSA, Jon Robbins, Marantz, Polk Audio, Sound United

Onkyo to Slash Overall Company Headcount by 30%, Cutting Management by 50%

November 14, 2019 by Ted 4 Comments

Also: Consolidating Facilities & Moving Headquarters

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It appears that the other shoe is dropping in the wake of the failed acquisition of Onkyo Corporation’s branded A/V division by Sound United last month, as the company now says it will reduce its overhead by cutting jobs. This appears to be the first step in a major reorganization of the company, as it seeks to right-size the organization for the industry’s new, smaller, and more competitive environment in which electronics manufacturers find themselves.

See more on Onkyo’s restructuring…

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, Boston Acoustics, Classe, Definitive Technology, HEOS, Integra, Marantz, Onkyo, Pioneer Elite, Polk, Sound United

Sound United to Acquire Onkyo’s Audio Division

May 15, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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We seem to be in a week of big deals. First, we learned that SnapAV had acquired Control4, then we learned that the original founder of Paradigm has acquired back the Paradigm, Anthem, and Martin Logan brands from the private equity company that had bought the company from him some time back. Now we learn that Sound United, owner of Denon, Marantz, Polk Audio, Definitive Technology, HEOS, Classé, and Boston Acoustics has entered into an agreement with Onkyo Corp. to purchase Onkyo’s premier lineup of brands, including: Onkyo, Integra, Pioneer and Pioneer Elite.

But does Sound United’s purchase of Onkyo make sense?…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Boston Acoustics, Definitive Technology, Denon, Gibson, Gibson Brands, HEOS, Integra, Marantz, Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite, Polk Audio, Sound United

Classé Rises Again as Part of Sound United

January 9, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

Sound United logoSound United announced yesterday it had completed the acquisition of shuttered high-end brand Classé Audio from former owner Bowers & Wilkins. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The announcement confirms the deal of which Strata-gee reported last month when Sound United quietly entered negotiations to buy the brand.

See more on this news which breathes new life into Classé… [Read more…] about Classé Rises Again as Part of Sound United

Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Manufacturers Tagged With: acquisition, Boston Acoustics, Classe, Dave Nauber, Definitive Technology, Denon, HEOS by Denon, Kevin Duffy, Marantz, Polk Audio, Polk Boom, Sound United

Surprise! Sound United Makes Bid to Acquire Classé

December 14, 2017 by Ted Leave a Comment

BREAKING NEWS

Will High-End Classé Represent Sound United’s Crown Jewel?

Classe logoJust when you thought it was all over, Strata-gee has learned that a new suitor – Vista, CA-based Sound United – has emerged to make a bid to acquire Classé Audio from current owner B&W Group. Classé was shut down by B&W on October 6th, as we reported at the time. However, because the company was still sitting on a relatively significant level of inventory – and was considering producing an additional small run of certain models to balance out their inventory to facilitate liquidation – B&W executives often maintained it was still in business.

When deals with three previously interested parties failed to come to fruition, B&W made the decision to close Classé’s Montreal headquarters, dismiss all Classé staff, and turned over service and support functions to B&W facilities.

See more on this surprising development for Classé… [Read more…] about Surprise! Sound United Makes Bid to Acquire Classé

Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Specialty, Strategy Tagged With: B&W Group, Bain Capital, Boston Acoustics, Bowers & Wilkins, Charlesbank Capital Partners, Classe, D&M Holdings, D+M Group, Definitive Technology, DEI Holdings, Denon, HEOS, HEOS by Denon, Marantz, Polk Audio, Sound United

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