VOXX, Sharp Sign Letter Of Intent To Acquire Onkyo Home Entertainment
VOXX International, the parent company of AudioVox, Klipsch and other home and automotive CE brands, in association with Sharp, has signed a letter of intent to acquire the home A/V business of Onkyo Home Entertainment, the companies announced Monday. Both VOXX and Sharp will have…
Onkyo, Elite, Integra AVRs Get Support From Sonos Mobile App
Onkyo USA and Integra announced Thursday that they will be sending out firmware updates to bring volume control for certain Onkyo, Pioneer Elite and Integra branded AV receivers, through the Sonos mobile app. The app control will manage and route up to three Sonos ports…
Sound United Terminates Onkyo Acquisition Plan
Home theater audio company Sound United said Friday that it’s previously reported plan to acquire Onkyo Corp.’s consumer audio division and along with it certain distribution rights to the Onkyo, Integra, Pioneer and Pioneer Elite home AV brands has been terminated. The acquisition effort that…
Firmware Updates For `eARC’ Begin To Arrive
If you recently purchased a better-performing AV receiver, soundbar and 4K television, there is a good chance a significant boost in performance and convenience is heading your way soon. That’s because manufacturers including Sony, Denon and others have either recently pushed to select step-up products…
Onkyo USA Adds TEAC Brand
Onkyo USA said Tuesday it has reached an agreement for the exclusive distribution rights to market and distribute TEAC-branded home entertainment products in the United States and Latin America. Through the agreement, Onkyo garners access to TEAC’s established marketing and distribution networks covering a variety…
Onkyo Unveils Sonos-Ready RZ-Series Network AVRs
Onkyo introduced this week some of the first fruits of its recently announced collaboration with wireless multi-room music system giant Sonos by introducing a trio of Sonos-ready AV receivers. Onkyo AV receiver models TX-RZ830 ($1,399 suggested retail), TX-RZ730 ($1,099), and the TX-RZ630 ($899), will distribute…
Alexa Support Comes To Select DTS Play-Fi Speakers
The Pioneer Elite F4 DTS Play-Fi wireless speaker (and others) is being upgraded with Works with Amazon Alexa capability. DTS revealed Wednesday that “Works with Amazon Alexa” functionality is now headed to select wireless speakers supporting its DTS Play-Fi advanced multi-room audio platform. Speaker owners…
Digital Voice Assistants Dominated CEDIA 2017 Audio Advances
Bang & Olufsen’s Beosound Shape speaker array at CEDIA 2017. The recent custom electronics showcase, CEDIA 2017 in San Diego certainly wasn’t sparse on new advancements in immersive, high-quality music technologies and products, with dozens of companies showing products, technologies and services to keep all…
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