Audio

Combined factory-level sales of home and portable audio will slip 3 percent to $5.58 billion in 2000 despite growth in shelf systems, headset portables...

Brick & mortar retailers are more enthusiastic about the fourth-quarter growth prospects of CD re-corders than they are about projected MiniDisc growth, and an...

INDIANAPOLIS — Vendors came to the CEDIA Expo with more than just new audio and video products. Companies also trotted out new structured wiring...

Secaucus, N.J. — Panasonic forecasts a significant expansion this year in its dollar volume of headphone CD players, attributing its optimism to the category’s...

New competition and new technologies could undermine the traditional way of doing business in the custom-installation industry, and as these changes accelerate, many A/V...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The capabilities of a wireless home-network technology developed by the HomeRF Working Group will get a significant boost now that the...

Casio is re-entering the U.S. audio market after a lapse of several years with a portable audio lineup that will be supplemented next year...

Audio manufacturers will gather next month in Chicago for CEMA’s second annual Audio Summit to explore new ways to restore vibrancy to the home...

PARA used its 20th annual conference to unveil a revamped Intranet site and new training programs to help members run their operations more effectively....

Flash-memory-equipped headphone portables bring mobility to MP3 and other compressed formats used to transmit music files over the Internet or to record music from...

Even though SDMI is still a work in progress, some companies are plowing ahead with their own copyright-management technologies. Although an SDMI member, for...

Audio Products International plans to expand its dealer base with the addition of a fourth brand, Athena Technologies, to its speaker pantheon. The seven-SKU...

Minisystems are bright stars in the minds of many home audio retailers because of product versatility that has struck a chord with a wide...

Commenting on the recent interoperability agreement between Sirius and XM Satellite Radio, an FCC official said the commission “is pleased” with the agreement but...

In-band on-channel (IBOC) technology would let AM and FM radio stations use their existing equipment and dial positions to deliver digital audio to listeners....

A two-way RF touchscreen remote is at the heart of two new Bose Lifestyle systems that also serve as the control centers for four-source/four-zone...

PARA has signed up about a dozen custom-only dealers as members in the months following a change in bylaws to expand membership to custom...

Here’s what research results show about the prospects for satellite and terrestrial digital radio sales: OEM Vs. Aftermarket Car Sales: XM Satellite Radio and...

Lydstrom, a Boston-based start-up, has lowered the price of its hard-drive jukeboxes and announced plans to display models on the January CES show floor,...

JBL said it is reclaiming its heritage with a trimmed-down selection of speakers built around pro-audio technologies. “Thirty years ago in 1969, the JBL...

Command Audio has teamed up with about 100 content providers for a personalized audio-on-demand information service delivered by FM subcarriers to a handheld Thomson-made...

Canadian distributor Lenbrook, the owner of speaker-maker PSB, will add audio electronics supplier NAD to the corporate fold on May 3, when NAD’s acquisition...

CEMA is ready to launch an audio industry promotion program that includes direct mail to 250,000 households, a web site, and press kits for...

The newly formed Acoustic Systems Business of Owens Corning plans to expand its selection of room-tuning acoustics products and launch products that reduce and...

Proprietary digital network standards from companies such as Panja and Crestron are getting a lot of company — but from open standards being driven...

BENICIA, Calif. – Pro audio supplier Vergence Technology, launched in 1998 by the founders of the NHT home audio brand, will enter the home...

Pioneer Electronics USA president T. Asano, previewed new technology and discussed his company’s current performance during a recent press briefing in New York, but...