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U.K. Company Launches Wi-Fi Speakers
Manchester, U.K. – U.K. audio supplier AQ Audio has turned up in the U.S. with portable wireless speakers that stream music via Wi-Fi from...
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Hitachi Adds Soundbar Pair
Chula Vista, Calif. — Hitachi America is “inspiring the next” this week by introducing two 133-watt Bluetooth Sound Bars, designed to coordinate both cosmetically...
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SVS Readies First Ultra Full-Range Speakers
Girard, Ohio — SVS is expanding its selection of full-range speakers to join its broad selection of active subwoofers. The first full-range speakers in...
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Atlantic Active Soundbar Delivers 47Hz Bass
Norwood, Mass. – Atlantic Technology shipped an active soundbar that incorporates H-PAS technology to deliver bass down to 47Hz without a separate subwoofer. The...
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Sonus faber Gets Aggressive In Looks, Price
Berkeley, Calif. – Sonus faber is adopting a “more youthful and aggressive appearance” in its latest series of home speakers, which also bring the...
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Emotiva Adding Stereo And Surround Preamps
Franklin, Tenn. — Consumer-direct audio supplier Emotiva Audio is adding the first stereo preamp and first tuner/preamp/surround processor to its mid-level X series, which...
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B&O Play Goes Big With Floorstanding Wireless Speaker
New York – The sixth product in Bang & Olufsen’s B&O Play series of lower-priced A/V products is a floorstanding, 480-watt docking speaker with...
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Parrot Readies Wireless Speaker, Android Car Systems
Southfield, Mich. — Parrot plans before the end of the year to ship a second-generation wireless home speaker and a trio of Android-based car...
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SVS Downsizes High-Power Subwoofer
Girard, Ohio –High-performance home-audio supplier SVS is launching the smallest subwoofer in its Ultra series to broaden the potential customer base for its subwoofers....
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Infinity Developing New Home Audio Products
New York – Infinity is developing its first new home audio products in several years and is planning a first-quarter 2013 announcement, said Daniel...
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Altec Lansing To Auction Assets
San Diego — Altec Lansing will hold an in-person auction for its assets on Oct. 16 in Dallas, Jay Jacquin of Morgan Joseph TriArtisan...
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Parasound To Offer Halo Audio In Black
San Francisco — Parasound will make its high-end Halo series of audio components available in black to complement the titanium-silver finish that the series...
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Onkyo Docking Station Adds AirPlay To AVRs
Upper Saddle River, N.J. — Onkyo plans October shipments of its $199-suggested DS-A5 iPod/iPhone/iPad docking station that adds wireless AirPlay capability to Onkyo A/V...
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Bowers & Wilkins Expands AirPlay Line
North Reading, Mass. – Bowers & Wilkins will expand its selection of AirPlay-equipped tabletop speakers with the October availability of the $799-suggested A7 and...
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Audiomobile Launches Subwoofer Series
Las Vegas – Audiomobile, which targets 12-volt specialists, has begun shipping a trio of car subwoofers that include a model designed for both small-box...
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Polk To Open Airport Kiosk
Baltimore, Md. — Polk Audio plans to open its first retail kiosk in late September. The first kiosk will be a Polk-branded 295-square-foot kiosk...
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Polk, Microsoft In Audio Alliance
Baltimore – Microsoft has tapped Polk Audio as a preferred premium-audio partner for Xbox 360. Promotions and other co-branded efforts will be detailed in...
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3VNet Outlines Strategy As Standalone Company
Indianapolis – 3vNet came to the CEDIA Expo with its first new products since it was sold off by Russound four months ago, and...
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Krell Adds Audio Components, Speakers
Indianapolis – Krell brought a new stereo integrated amp, new surround processor, and its first on-wall speakers to the CEDIA Expo. The $5,000 S-550i...
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AudioControl Adds Amps
Indianapolis – Home and car audio supplier AudioControl came to the CEDIA Expo with a multi-room 16×100-watt matrix switching amplifier and a compact amplifier/DAC...
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Onkyo Readies TV-Sound System, Tabletop Audio
INDIANAPOLIS – Onkyo is at CEDIA Expo with its first 2.1-speaker TV-sound enhancement system, the company’s first iPod/iPhone-docking music system with built-in stereo Bluetooth,...
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Sony Builds Control4 Automation Into AVRs
INDIANAPOLIS — Sony is turning A/V receivers into the brains of a home-automation system with the launch here of two new ES-series A/V receivers...
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Yamaha Launching New Soundbars, Tabletop Audio
Buena Park, Calif. – Yamaha is expanding its selection of active soundbars, unveiling new docking desktop audio systems, and launching its first Bluetooth speaker....
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Lightning To Ship LA-TWO Subs In Q4
Tempe, Ariz. — Lightning Audio said it will begin shipping in the fourth quarter the recently introduced LA-TWO subwoofer series. Four models are offered:...
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Nortek Completes Residential Consolidation
Providence, R.I. — Nortek has completed the previously announced consolidation of its residential technology brands into one group that is now calling the Core...
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Yamaha Adds 5.1 Receiver/Speaker Package
All six systems feature 4K and 3D video passthrough via HDMI 1.4a. All six also feature HDMI audio return channel. The launch brings the...
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Nortek Returns To Black In Q2
The gain came on a 9 percent increase in sales to $615.7 million and operating earnings that more than doubled to $53.7 million from...
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B&O Readies Networked-AudioProduct Releases
DEERFIELD, ILL. – Luxury brand Bang & Olufsen is expanding its selection of networked- audio products with the launch of a $425 device that...
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Velodyne Appoints New Management Amid Changes
MORGAN HILL, CALIF. – Subwoofer supplier Velodyne Acoustics appointed a new executive team to shepherd the company’s entry into new audio product categories, including...
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Krell Readies Second Of Four New Components
ORANGE, CONN. – A new stereo preamp that Krell is shipping this month is the second of four audio components that the company is...
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Pure Expanding Docking-Speaker Selection
San Francisco – U.K.-based Pure, the supplier of tabletop Internet radios and docking speaker systems, is launching its second docking speaker and plans later...
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Pioneer Electronics unveiled its first wireless
NEW YORK – Pioneer Electronics unveiled its first wireless tabletop speakers, expanded its lineup of computer speakers, and added a new Blu-ray player to...
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Nyne Readies Portable And Home Audio Docking Speakers
NEW YORK — Nyne Multimedia of Oxnard, Calif., will go to the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) Line Show event with final pricing and ship...
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Tabletop Audio To Air During CEA’s CE Week
NEW YORK – Tabletop audio systems will dominate the selection of home audio products on display at next week’s CE Week. iPod-docking speakers, Bluetooth...
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Nyne Multimedia of Oxnard
NEW YORK — Nyne Multimedia of Oxnard, Calif., will go to the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) Line Show event with final pricing and ship...
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D+M Also Adds Components
MAHWAH, N.J. – Traditional home components were among the new products introduced by D+M Group during its recent press conference. The products include three...
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Nortek To Realign Brands Into 3 Groups
CARLSBAD, CALIF. – The new Nortek group that consolidates the company’s AVC Group brands with the previously independent SpeakerCraft/Proficient and Panamax/Furman brands will realign...
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Bluetooth-Equipped Speakers Run The Gamut
NEW YORK – New Bluetooth-equipped tabletop speakers are coming to market at price points ranging from a suggested $39 to $199 for Bluetooth-only models...
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Suppliers: Soundbars, HTiBs Appealing To Different Customers
NEW YORK – Soundbar sales are rising rapidly. HTiB sales are declining rapidly. But the two trends aren’t related because the two products are...
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Yamaha Adopts AirPlay, Cuts Networked-AVR Prices
BUENA PARK, CALIF. – Yamaha added Apple Air- Play and iPad charging to its A/V receiver (AVR) lineup for the first time and reduced...
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Home Audio Hooking Up
NEW YORK — Home audio gear has embraced the connected home in a big way to tap into such new music sources as PCs,...
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Pioneer AVR Networking Hits $379
LONG BEACH, CALIF. – Pioneer is bringing Apple AirPlay, Internet radio and DLNA 1.5 networking to an everyday $379 from last year’s $549 with...