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GP Acoustics Makes Personnel Shifts 06/22/2009
Marlboro, N.J. — Some names and responsibilities are changing at GP Acoustics U.S., the marketer of KEF, KEF Reference, Celestion and Musical Fidelity home-audio products. More
Boston Acoustics Expands Wireless Sub Selection By Joseph Palenchar - 10/26/2009
Peabody, Mass. — Boston Acoustics expanded its selection of wireless subwoofers with three models in its Classic series at street prices of $399 to $599. The company launched its first two wireless subs in 2007, one in the Horizon series of in-room speakers and one bundled with a powered two-channel sound bar designed as a TV add-on.
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Russound Completes Colorado vNet Acquisition By Joseph Palenchar - 10/26/2009
Newmarket, N.H.— Russound completed its acquisition of Colorado vNet and vowed to maintain the vNet brand and keep its distribution separate. Colorado vNet, the manufacturer of IP-based multi-room-A/V and home-control systems, shut down late last month for lack of funding. Although distribution will remain separate, Russound CEO Charlie Porritt said he is open to “other economies o...
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Rotel Networks Audio Components By Joseph Palenchar - 09/28/2009
Atlanta— Rotel came to the CEDIA Expo with its first two audio components that stream Internet radio and network with home PCs. Both new Rotel products also control media on a connected iPod or other USB Class 2 device. The company joined several other audio companies unveiling their first networked components, including Sherwood and NAD.
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Trufig Kits To Eliminate On-Wall Clutter By Joseph Palenchar - 09/28/2009
Atlanta— Dana Innovations, parent of Sonance and iPort, launched a new company whose products are designed to eliminate a visual hodgepodge of on-wall light switches, electrical outlets, audio/video wall plates, keypads and touchscreens. Dana's Trufig startup debuted at the CEDIA Expo with installation kits that enable installers to flush-mount light switches, keypads and other such devic...
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Sonance Expands Speaker Lines By Joseph Palenchar - 09/28/2009
Atlanta— Sonance expanded its Visual Performance series and Cinema series at the CEDIA Expo, where it also showed a concept product that turns an iPod Touch into a permanent in-wall touchscreen that controls home systems. To its Visual Performance series of in-wall and in-ceiling speakers, the company added more than 30 SKUs to broaden the selection to more than 70 SKUs, all of which feat...
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DLNA Network Certification To Get Windows 7 Boost: ABI By Joseph Palenchar - 08/24/2009
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The inclusion of Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) support in Microsoft's planned Windows 7 operating system will give DNLA “a further push into the living room and beyond,” ABI Research director Jason Blackwell contended. The research company forecast manufacturer shipments of more than 300 million DLNA-certified consumer electronics devices in 2012, ...
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Onkyo Expands Choice Of AVRs With Networking, Height Channels By Joseph Palenchar - 08/24/2009
Upper Saddle River, N.J.— Onkyo is expanding its selection of A/V receivers (AVRs) with networking and ability to drive front-height channels. In its TX series, Onkyo launched the networked TX-NR807 at a suggested $1,099 and the non-networked TX-SR707 at a suggested $899. In the newly created HT series of AVRs, intended for broader distribution, Onkyo launched the networked $1,049-suggest...
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Executive Insight Lewis Franke, CEDIA Certified Systems Designer, DM Home Entertainment April 3, 2009 To Download Or Not To Download
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