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Quixel: Retail Soundbar Sales Up 82% In ‘12
Newport Beach, Calif. – Retail-level soundbar sales rose 126 percent in the fourth quarter to $245 million compared to the year-ago period and by...
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Paradigm Ships First Soundbar
Toronto, Canada – Paradigm Electronics shipped its first soundbar, an active model equipped with wireless subwoofer at a suggested $799. A production sample was...
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Thiel Under New Ownership, Gornik Leaving
Lexington, Ky. — The Nashville-based private-equity firm that bought Thiel Audio plans to improve marketing initiatives, shorten the delivery time of new products to...
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Edifier Adds To Tabletop Speaker Line
Fort Worth, Texas – Edifier has added to its tabletop speaker lineup with the e10 Exclaim active bi-amplified 2.0 speaker system for use with...
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PSB Readies Flat-TV Speakers
Pickering, Ontario – PSB Speakers will add two slim on-wall speakers for use with flat-panel TVs to it selection of in-wall, in-ceiling and in-room...
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Infinity Group Buys Altec Lansing Name, Plans To Rebuild Brand
New York –Infinity Lifestyle Brands, which specializes in acquiring and turning around struggling or bankrupt consumer brands, purchased worldwide rights to the Altec Lansing...
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NuForce Bluetooth Speaker Streams Multiple Codecs
Milpitas, Calif. – NuForce, the supplier of consumer and professional audio products, is rolling out a pair of performance-oriented Bluetooth-equipped bookshelf speakers. The two-way...
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Grace Speaker Dock Gets Kindle Certification
San Diego – Grace Digital’s Matchstick Speaker Dock for the Kindle Fire tablet has become the first audio product certified under Amazon’s Made For...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Sony Expands AirPlay, Bluetooth Speakers
LAS VEGAS — Sony jumped on the AirPlay bandwagon in a big way at CES. The company added AirPlay to two more wirelessnetwork HomeShare...
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AirPlay, Bluetooth Gain In Tabletop Speakers
LAS VEGAS – AirPlay and stereo Bluetooth proliferated in powered tabletop speakers during International CES. Suppliers ramped up their AirPlay introductions to leverage the...
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Marley Adds AirPlay, Bluetooth Speakers
LAS VEGAS — The House of Marley added to its selection of docking speakers with the International CES launch of its first two portable...
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THX Adds Certification For Compact Speakers
LAS VEGAS — THX launched a certification program for compact speakers intended for use in small rooms, including home-theater rooms, gaming rooms, and living...
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Jamo Speakers Add Omnipolar Technology
LAS VEGAS – Jamo, the Klipsch-owned brand known for Danish design and direct-radiating speakers, is adopting a variation of Mirage’s omnipolar dispersion technology to...
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New Price, Design For Meridian Speakers
LAS VEGAS — Meridian comes to International CES with an active floorstanding DSP speaker that departs from the company’s usual industrial design and reduces...
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Spectra Adds Jensen iPad Speakers, Bluetooth
LAS VEGAS — Spectra is expanding its Jensen- branded iPad-docking speaker line with at least two new models, launching its first stereo Bluetooth speaker,...
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Definitive Plans Array Of New Speakers At CEDIA Expo
BALTIMORE — Definitive Technology plans at the CEDIA Expo to show a completely new bookshelf-speaker series, its first two wireless-ready subwoofers, and the first...
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iLuv Readies More iPad Speakers
LAS VEGAS — iLuv is planning two new iPad-docking speaker systems and two new iPod/iPhone speaker systems, all featuring a more angular design recently...
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NHT Launching Multiple New Speakers
BENICIA , CALIF . — NHT has resurrected and updated the compact Super Zero mini monitor, developed a powered subwoofer tailored for use with...
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Altec Lansing: AC-Only Docking Speakers Gain
MILFORD, PA. — Altec Lansing plans to expand its selection of AC-only docking- speaker systems, in part because growth in AC-only systems is exceeding...
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New iPod Speakers On Way As Market Recovers
NEW YORK — A modest recovery has taken hold in sales of iPod/iPhonedocking speaker systems, boosting dollar volume for the year to date following...
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Definitive To Fatten Up Thin Speakers
OWINGS MILLS, MD. — Definitive Technology plans to introduce three more super-thin speakers later this year to join the 1.5-inch-deep Mythos XTR- 50, a...