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No Blues For Beale Street Audio
Memphis, Tenn. — Start-up Beale Street Audio, which markets custom-install speakers, has begun shipping its first two in-ceiling subwoofers as a follow up to...
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Retail Soundbar Sales Jump 31% to $1.5 Billion In ‘14
San Diego — Factory-level soundbar shipments in the U.S. grew 37 percent in 2014, with retail-level dollar volume rising 31 percent to $1.5 billion...
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B&O Play Expands Bluetooth Line
Arlington Heights, Ill. — Bang & Olufsen is expanding the Bluetooth speaker selection in its B&O Play line, adding a model at $599 to...
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BenQ Ships TreVolo Bluetooth Speaker
Costa Mesa, Calif. — BenQ America has begun shipping its TreVolo portable Bluetooth speaker with electrostatic speaker technology for a $299 suggested retail. The...
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QFX Adding To Tailgater Line
Vernon, Calif. – QFX plans early 2015 shipments of the latest in its series of Tailgater Bluetooth PA speakers. The $399-suggested PBX-711500BTL features built-in...
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Sonos Teams With Blue Note For Collector’s Edition
Santa Barbara, Calif. – Sonos plans to offer a limited-edition Play:1 wireless speaker honoring the 75-year-old Blue Note Records jazz label. The collector’s edition...
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Braven Bluetooth Speakers Stepping Up
Salt Lake City — Braven plans second-quarter availability of five new portable Bluetooth speakers that take the company’s selection up in price point to...
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Thiel Audio Sharpening Its Home Theater Focus
Las Vegas – High-end speaker supplier Thiel Audio is out to sharpen its home theater focus to change the perception that it is largely...
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Sony, LG, Denon Adopt Google Cast For Audio
Las Vegas – Sony, LG, and Denon will becomes the first suppliers to offer audio products incorporating Google Cast for Audio technology, which embeds...
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More WiSA Speakers Due For Stereo, Home-Theater Use
Las Vegas –Wireless Speaker and Audio (WiSA) technology made gains at International CES, where Klipsch and Enclave Audio revealed plans to ship their first...
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Harman Adds To Multiple Home, Car Audio Lines
Las Vegas – Harman International brought a trove of new home audio and aftermarket car audio products to its dealer showcase at the Hard...
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Qualcomm Enlists More Licensees For AllPlay
Las Vegas – Qualcomm revealed an expanded list of licensees for its AllPlay wireless-multiroom audio technology and expects the companies to launch products in...
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LG To Go With Flow Wireless Multiroom Audio
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. – LG will enter the wireless multiroom-audio market in a big way at next month’s International CES, where the company will...
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Atlantic Ceiling Speaker Dedicated To Height Channels
Norwood, Mass. – Atlantic Technology plans January shipments of what it calls the first in-ceiling speaker that’s purpose-built to serve as a height speaker...
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Wharfedale Plans CES Speaker Launch
Chicago — Sound Solutions, the U.S. distributor of Wharfedale speakers, will go to International CES with Wharfedale’s Diamond 200 speaker series, which will replace...
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Thiel Readies 3rd Avenue Collection Of Speakers
Brentwood, Tenn. — Thiel Audio will go to International CES with its second new speaker under new ownership. The $5,798/pair TT1 three-way floorstanding speaker...
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TruAudio Adds Architectural Speakers, Sound Bar
Hurricane, Utah – TruAudio is lowering the opening price on its Revolv in-ceiling home-theater speakers and expanding its line of outdoor speakers that look...
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Gibson To Debut Les Paul Speakers At CES
New York — Gibson Brands is bringing the first Les Paul-brand speakers to International CES. Paul was the inventor of the solid-body electric guitar...
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Libratone Readies Next-Gen Networked Soundbar
Framingham, Mass. — Libratone, the maker of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-equipped speakers, plans Dec. 1 shipments of its second-generation networked-music soundbar, the $899-MAP Diva. Like...
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Polk, DefTech Launch Wireless Speaker Campaign
Baltimore — Sound United launched a multimillion-dollar campaign to promote the first wireless multiroom-audio speakers from audio brands Polk and Definitive Technology. The campaign...
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B&O Play Adds First Bluetooth Speaker
Arlington Heights, Ill. – Bang & Olufsen added the first Bluetooth speaker to its B&O Play line, which includes a portable AirPlay speaker. The...
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Triad Expands In-Ceiling Speaker Selection
Portland, Ore. — Triad Speakers expanded its in-ceiling speaker selection with the addition of its lowest-price in-ceiling speaker series to date. The new R...
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BenQ Brings Electrostatic Panels To Bluetooth Speakers
Plano, Texas — BenQ will expand into audio for the first time when it launches the industry’s first Bluetooth speaker with electrostatic speaker panels....
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Sonos Files Patent Suit Over Denon’s Heos System
Santa Barbara, Calif. – Sonos filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against D+M Group over the Heos wireless multiroom-audio system launched earlier this year by Denon....
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Bowers & Wilkins Brings Bluetooth On
North Reading, Mass. — High-end speaker maker Bowers & Wilkins entered the Bluetooth speaker market with a portable AC/DC model available this month at...
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DTS’s Phorus Upgrades Play-Fi Wi-Fi Speaker
New York — DTS’s Phorus division unveiled its next-generation Play-Fi-equipped wireless tabletop speaker, loading it up with new features, a new shape and a...
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Jamo’s New Subwoofer Quartet Sings
Indianapolis — Jamo overhauled the performance of its powered subwoofers, shipping a quartet of new models at prices ranging from a suggested $399 to...
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SVS Expands Speaker Selection With Second Series
Denver – A new lower price speaker line from SVS will bring high-end audio to a broader the customer base, the company said at...
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PSB Steps Up Performance Of Flagship Speaker
Pickering, Ontario – PSB is replacing the flagship in its Imagine speaker series with a higher priced model that will be accompanied by a...
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Artison Turns To Crowd Funding To Promote Tiny High-Performance Sub
New York – Speaker maker Artison is launching first crowd-funding campaign not just to raise money to build and market a tiny high-performance DSP...
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Denon Gets Under TVs With Speaker Base
Mahwah, N.J. – Denon launched its first under-TV speaker, a $349-suggested model that will be in stores in mid-October. The DHT-T110 TV Speaker Base...
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Klipsch Expands Reference Subwoofer Series
Indianapolis – Klipsch expanded its Reference subwoofer line to five SKUs with the addition of three models that add new driver technology and wireless...
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SOL Adds Punk
San Francisco — SOL Republic expanded its Bluetooth speaker offering this week with a scaled-down model known as the Punk. Carrying a $69.99 suggested...
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Best Buy Adds SVS To Magnolia Assortment
Girard, Ohio – Speaker maker SVS, founded in 1998 as a direct seller of subwoofers to consumers, continues to expand its dealer base with...
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Yamaha Reenters Computer-Speaker Market
Buena Park, Calif. — Yamaha reentered the computer-speaker market after an absence of about five years with the launch of the $219-suggested NX-B55 with...
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Pioneer Readies First Elite-Series Soundbar
Denver — Pioneer plans to offer its first Elite-series soundbar, targeted to ship in January to complement the company’s single $399 Pioneer-series soundbar, the...
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Revolution Adds Bass, Simple Install To Invisible Speakers
Denver – Montreal-based startup Revolution Acoustics is launching invisible in-wall speakers said to combine the simplicity of peel-and-stick installation with high-quality full-range sound. “The...
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SpeakerCraft Adds Multiroom-Audio System; Revamps Amps, AIM Speakers
Denver – SpeakerCraft is launching its first multiroom-audio controller in almost a decade, revamping its stereo and multiroom-amplifier lineup, and unveiling its next-generation AIM...
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Zvox Expands SoundBase Selection, Adds Low Profile, Larger Size
Denver – Zvox is going to the CEDIA Expo to expand its selection of SoundBase under-TV speakers and expanding its assortment of sizes to...
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Koss Enters Portable Bluetooth Fray
MILWAUKEE — Koss took the wraps off its first portable Bluetooth speaker, the pocket-sized BTS1. Featuring a built-in kickstand that enables omnidirectional sound, the...
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Definitive, Polk Join DTS Play-Fi Parade
Berlin — The universe of audio products equipped with DTS’s wireless Play-Fi multizone-audio technology is expanding. Definitive Technology and Polk, two of DEI’s Sound...
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KEF Goes Vertical With Atmos Speaker
Denver — KEF Audio will join a growing number of companies bringing their first Dolby Atmos speakers to the CEDIA Expo here. KEF’s entry...