TWICE - September 27, 2004

Cobranded Yamaha/Klipsch home theater systems are in store for the U.S. market in the first quarter of 2005 under a distribution and product-development alliance struck between the audio electronics and speaker companies. Klipsch and Yamaha will jointly develop speakers and home theater systems for the global market.

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