Denon Picks 100th Anniversary Dealers

By Joseph Palenchar -- TWICE, 9/23/2010

Atlanta - Denon tapped 36 dealers to carry its 100th Anniversary collection of seven hand-tuned home-entertainment products.

The dealers will be featured in Denon's "100 Days of Denon" marketing campaign, which kicks off Oct. 1. The dealers will work with Denon to execute a multi-tiered marketing and merchandising campaign that includes advertising, contests, giveaways and in-store events, Denon said. The dealers will also receive a Denon 100th Anniversary Dealer logo for use in merchandising the Special Edition products.

The 100^th anniversary dealers were selected based on their commitment to a minimum set of merchandising requirements, which Denon will reward with stepped-up support and exclusive access to the anniversary edition products. The dealers will also be featured on Denon's www.Denon100.com microsite.

The anniversary products include the DCD-A100 two-channel SACD/CD player, 2x80-watt PMA-A100 integrated amp, DP-A100 direct-drive turntable, AVR-A100 9.2-channel AV receiver, and DBP-A100 universal Blu-ray player, all at a suggested $2,499 each. The DL-A100 hand-wound turntable cartridge and AH-A100 over-ear headphones are $499 each. All products, available early November, were designed "to capture the essence of Denon and its ongoing mission," the company has said.

The selected dealers are as follows:

6th Ave Electronics, West Springfield, N.J.

Abt Electronics, Glenview, Ill.

Audio, Automated & Theater, Atlanta, Ga.

Audio Concepts, Boston, Mass.

Audio Etc., Dayton, Ohio

Audio Video Components/Hi-Fi Buys, Nashville, Tenn.

Audio Video Today, Westminster, Calif.

Audio Works, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Audiotronics, Roanoke, Va.

Bjorn's Audio Video, San Antonio, Texas

Chelsea Audio, Beaverton, Or.

Crutchfield, Charlottesville, Va.

Dave Lane's Stereo Shop, Rochester, N.Y.

Fred's Sound of Music, Portland, Oreg.

Hippo's Home Entertainment, Albany, N.Y.

House of High Fidelity, Naples, Fla.

House of Music of SF, San Francisco, Calif.

IQ Home, Fairfax, Va.

J & R Music World, New York, N.Y.

Kief's Audio Video, Lawrence, Kan.

ListenUp, Denver, Colo.

Modia-Videoland, Houston, Texas

One Call, Spokane, Wash.

Performance Audio, San Francisco, Calif.

Safe and Sound, Chicopee, Mass.

Saturday Audio, Chicago, Ill.

Sound & Vision Inc, Beechwood, Ohio

Sound Concepts, Jonesboro, Ark.

Stereo Advantage, Williamsville, N.Y.

Talk of the Town, Allendale, N.J.

The Needle Doctor, Minneapolis, Minn.

The Record Shop, Cherry Hill, N.J.

The Source A/V Design Group, Torrance, Calif.

The Stereoshop, Greensburg, Pa.

Vann's, Missoula, Mont.

World Wide Stereo, Hatfield, Pa.