A couple of interesting announcements this week from Premium Audio Company (PAC), the Voxx Int’l subsidiary that markets the company’s premier audio brands such as Klipsch, Onkyo, Integra, Jamo, Pioneer, Elite, and more. First up, Rob Standley gets a big promotion to President of Technology and Product, a big step up. Second, and I would say counter-intuitively, the company says it’s lowering prices on many of its “most popular and best-selling audio solutions.”
Onkyo
New TX-RZ70 Tops the Onkyo Line as Its Flagship Model
On Monday, Premium Audio Company (PAC) announced the launch of the Onkyo TX-RZ70, a flagship audio-video receiver that the company says provides “stellar audio performance” along with “studio-level processing.” As a “flagship,” by definition, this model is at the top of the Onkyo AVR line-up and is being launched just three-and-a-half weeks after the launch of Integra’s flagship model, the DRX-8.4.
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[Read more…] about New TX-RZ70 Tops the Onkyo Line as Its Flagship ModelVoxx Int’l Fiscal 3rd Quarter Sales Drop 25.4%; Profits Up on Cost Cutting
CEO Says Onkyo AVRs Offered to Costco This Year
Citing the “current state of the global economies” and “ongoing supply chain issues” Voxx International (NASDAQ: VOXX) reported the results of their fiscal 2023, third quarter this week and it was a story of more of the same, perhaps intensifying, business challenges that they identified when the company announced its second-quarter results. All of its major business segments reported sales declines – dropping double-digit percentages – with overall sales dropping 25.4% year-over-year. But the company said profits increased on aggressive cost cutting.
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[Read more…] about Voxx Int’l Fiscal 3rd Quarter Sales Drop 25.4%; Profits Up on Cost CuttingVOXX Intl, Owner of Onkyo & Others, Reports Fiscal ’23 Q2 Sales Decline, $11M Net Loss
VOXX International Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX) announced its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2023 this week and they were quite sobering. Not only did revenues decline by double digits, but the company had a dramatic increase in net loss to nearly $11 million.
What went wrong?
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[Read more…] about VOXX Intl, Owner of Onkyo & Others, Reports Fiscal ’23 Q2 Sales Decline, $11M Net LossLayoffs Hit Premium Audio Company as It Right-Sizes Ops; To Skip CEDIA Expo
BREAKING NEWS
Premium Audio Company, a division of VOXX International and operator of brands such as Onkyo, Integra, Pioneer, and Elite, confirmed today that it has instituted a round of layoffs to “right-size” company operations based on current macroeconomic trends. The company has also confirmed that it has decided, for the second year in a row, not to participate in next week’s CEDIA Expo 2022, due to product roadmap cycles.
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[Read more…] about Layoffs Hit Premium Audio Company as It Right-Sizes Ops; To Skip CEDIA ExpoOnkyo Bankruptcy – New Owner Premium Audio Company Addresses Latest News
On Monday, I received a note from Premium Audio Company regarding my post on the bankruptcy of Onkyo Home Entertainment Co. Ltd. In this note, the company sought to get the message across that the Onkyo bankruptcy has nothing to do with them and that the Onkyo brand lives on under the guidance of its new owner, Premium Audio Company, a subsidiary of VOXX International.
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[Read more…] about Onkyo Bankruptcy – New Owner Premium Audio Company Addresses Latest NewsFinal Curtain Falls as Main Onkyo Company Declares Bankruptcy
BREAKING NEWS
Today in Osaka District Court in Osaka, Japan, Onkyo Home Entertainment Co. Ltd. (formerly Onkyo Corp.) filed for bankruptcy ending a long and storied history of innovative audio products. The action was taken less than a month after the company declared bankruptcy for two of its major subsidiaries in April. Now, the parent company has fallen as well…
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[Read more…] about Final Curtain Falls as Main Onkyo Company Declares BankruptcyOsaka District Court Approves Onkyo Bankruptcy Petition for Two Subsidiaries
Onkyo Home Entertainment Co. Ltd. (Onkyo) has announced that its two consolidated subsidiaries – Onkyo Sound Co. Ltd. (ONS) and Onkyo Marketing Co. Ltd (OMC) – have filed for bankruptcy. The company said that it had petitioned the court to begin bankruptcy proceedings for these divisions and has received judicial approval to begin the bankruptcy process from the Osaka District Court in Osaka, Japan.
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[Read more…] about Osaka District Court Approves Onkyo Bankruptcy Petition for Two SubsidiariesOnkyo Announces Two Subsidiaries Will Cease Operations & File for Bankruptcy
Onkyo Home Entertainment Company Ltd. (formerly Onkyo Corp.) has announced that two of its consolidated subsidiaries will cease operations and file for bankruptcy. It is yet another dramatic development in the company’s effort to stop the bleeding and stabilize the company. But substantial concerns exist about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
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[Read more…] about Onkyo Announces Two Subsidiaries Will Cease Operations & File for BankruptcyVoxx Announces Final Deal to Acquire Onkyo, with a Twist
Voxx International has announced that they have finalized their agreement to partner with Sharp Corporation to acquire the Home Entertainment Division of Onkyo – news that Strata-gee readers knew about last week. The news comes as a result of Onkyo shareholders voting last Friday to approve the sale of the company to Voxx’s subsidiary known as the Premium Audio Company. Not much was new here on the Onkyo front, as we already told you about the deal only covering the Onkyo and Integra brands. However, we did learn some more interesting details on the company’s attempts relative to the Pioneer and Pioneer Elite brands.