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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

Reader’s Choice: The Top 10 Strata-gee Stories of 2019

December 30, 2019 by Ted 6 Comments

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As we hurtle headlong into the a new decade – the 2020s – it’s a good time to pause and take stock of some of the major events of our industry’s recent history by ranking the Top 10 Strata-gee stories of 2019 based on total page views. This ranking shows just what stories drew the most attention of Strata-gee’s eminently intelligent and inquisitive readers.

See which 2019 Strata-gee stories were tops with readers…

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Filed Under: Media, News Tagged With: B&W, Bowers & Wilkins, Bravas, Bravas Group, Control4, Crestron, Denon, EVA Automation, Formation, Frank Sterns, Integra, James Loudspeaker, Marantz, Onkyo, Pioneer, SnapAV, Sonance, Sony, Sound United, Strata-gee, Thiel, Top 10

CEDIA 2019: Soundbars Here…Soundbars There…Soundbars Everywhere

September 11, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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The assimilation of the custom integration industry by the once-reviled, now embraced soundbar is almost complete. And on the advent of another CEDIA Expo, yet another round of announcements of new soundbar products came rolling out. While this fact is now an accepted reality, what is remarkable is that some of these new soundbars are from companies that no reasonable person would have predicted would enter the category just a few short years ago.

See some new soundbars being launched at CEDIA Expo 2019…

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Filed Under: Brands, Consumer Trends, Integrators, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Products, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: consumer, Dali, Denon, KATCH ONE, soundbar

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?…

[Read more…] about Sound United to Acquire Onkyo’s Audio Division

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

Sonos v. HEOS – War is Over, Peace Has Come

May 21, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

hippie family w/peace signOn Friday last week, we learned that Sonos and D&M Holdings have settled their litigation, first begun in October 2014. Although the terms of the settlement are confidential, all actions taken by each party are now moot.

It is likely that the parties now enjoy some form of licensing arrangement that put all adversarial issues behind them.

See more on what we know about the end of the Sonos and D&M patent war… [Read more…] about Sonos v. HEOS – War is Over, Peace Has Come

Filed Under: Law Tagged With: D&M, D&M Holdings, Denon, HEOS, HEOS by Denon, Sonos

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

Sonos to Seek Injunction to Stop HEOS Sales of ‘Infringing Technology’

December 20, 2017 by Ted 14 Comments

BREAKING NEWS

Case May Have Major Impact on Wireless Speaker Business

Exhibit F Sonos MotionAs we recently reported, a federal jury gave Sonos a sweeping victory in the first “bellwether trial” in Sonos Inc. v. D&M Holdings Inc. et al, siding with Sonos on all counts and awarding them nearly $2 million in damages. Furthermore, the jury affirmed the validity of the three Sonos patents at issue, and disagreed with D&M’s assertion that the patents were not valid.

Strata-gee spoke with both sides of this case and, this decision notwithstanding, neither appears ready to back down, even as this is just the first of what will ultimately be three trials in the case – two where Sonos is the plaintiff, and a countersuit by D&M Holdings where they will be the plaintiff. Sonos won round one, but this is a multi-round fight.

Both Sonos and D&M Holdings talk to Strata-gee in wake of trial verdict… [Read more…] about Sonos to Seek Injunction to Stop HEOS Sales of ‘Infringing Technology’

Filed Under: Brands, Law, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: D&M Holdings, D+M Group, Denon, HEOS, HEOS by Denon, litigation, patents, Sonos, Sonos Inc, The D+M Group

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