Audio

TWICE: Look out 10 years from now. What will the home audio industry look like? Bales: Technology will create new applications and consumer behavior...

TWICE: Look ahead 10 years from now. Describe the products that will be installed, the companies that will sell and install them, and the...

Multiple audio suppliers will use wireless technology to transmit music from a central source to tabletop clients at International CES, and at least one...

TWICE: Is the home audio industry doing enough to tap into the popularity of new sources of music such as iPods, the networked PC,...

TWICE: Does the future of the component and system business lie in networked devices that use Ethernet or no-new-wires networking technology to distribute music...

Germany-based high-end audio maker Burmester has set up a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary to market its first multichannel home theater audio electronics and speakers...

Com One, known for its Bluetooth accessories, is venturing into the Wi-Fi market with a Wi-Fi-connected clock radio that streams music from the Internet...

Zensys has developed a third-generation Z-Wave chip that will deliver wireless home-control networks powered strictly by batteries. Such networks could include battery-powered smoke detectors...

The HomePlug Powerline Alliance won the backing of major consumer electronics suppliers LG and TCL, which joined the association board and will implement the...

It used to be that enclosed speakers were tower or bookshelf speakers, but a growing selection of custom-installed in-wall and in-ceiling speakers are dropping...

Integra stepped up its commitment to multi-room audio, HDTV-compatibility and HD up-scaling DVD players with four new products due in October. The brand also...

In the speaker market, the writing is on the wall, in the wall and in the ceiling. The custom installation channel is growing in...

Speakercraft has launched 46 new products, including an expanded AIM series of aimable architectural speakers, its first enclosed architectural speakers, and a tweaked series...

Exceptional Innovation expanded the capabilities of its Lifeware home-control and media-distribution software for Windows XP PCs with a multi-product launch here at the CEDIA...

VISTA, Calif. — The $149-suggested Soloist Universal Media Dock, which incorporates NXT flat-panel speakers, is the industry’s first docking station to mate with more...

New York — The forms and functions of iPod hi-fi systems are multiplying like rabbits, as are the number of supplier trying to tap...

The Denon and Boston Acoustics brands in the D&M Holdings stable launched new products and programs here during a dealer show, where executives promised...

CE products with new HDMI 1.3 interface technology will be available in stores before Christmas now that the 1.3 standard has been approved and...

The success of iHome, a new division of SDI Technologies, here, illustrates the explosive growth of the iPod hi-fi stations. In July 2005, iHome...

Suppliers firmed up the pricing and availability of the latest XM Satellite Radio portable headphone stereos, having missed their previously announced first-quarter ship dates....

The satellite radio market is changing, and retailers’ displays are changing with them. Marketers cite the growing number of home and portable satellite radio...

Marantz began shipping its first powerline network multiroom-audio system in April and will likely incorporate the technology in more products in the future, marketing...

Startup Soundcast Systems has developed a wireless-audio system said to transmit music interference-free from docked iPods and MP3 players up to 150 feet in...

It was a great year to be in the audio business in 2005 — if you were selling MP3 portables. In 2005, factory-level portable...

The first products launched by NHT since its November 2005 acquisition by Vinci Labs include the home-speaker brand’s first component audio electronics. By the...

Audio Design Associates (ADA) is expanding its custom install selection with its second multiroom receiver and its first color touch screen, which fits in...

A Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) working group is developing a set of recommended practices for installing architectural speakers in a home’s walls and ceilings...

Some of the first home and portable audio products with a slot for XM’s miniature Passport tuner cartridge will be available as early as...

Consumers who have made the transition from physical media to downloaded music are now able to enjoy select downloaded songs in multichannel surround. Instant...

Philips and Sonos are making it possible for consumers to wirelessly connect their existing audio systems to music servers. For its existing wireless multi-zone...

Las Vegas – Marantz has developed a powerline-network system to distribute audio from a network-equipped A/V receiver to multiple table radio-style clients that incorporate...

NXT said it has developed a way to extend the bass response of its flat-panel speaker technology to make a single small cabinet-enclosed driver...