Medical Company Targets Sound United In $1B Acquisition Proposal
Viper Holdings, parent of Sound United which controls a stable of upper- mid to high-end home audio brands including Denon, Marantz, B&W and Polk Audio, announced this week a definitive agreement to be acquired by medical technology resource Masimo Corporation. The strategy behind the reported…
Sound United Offers Pre-Holiday Specials On Polk, Definitive Products
Sound United company’s Polk Audio and Definitive Technology are getting the jump on the Holiday shopping season by offering special deals on a handful of home theater products. Both the Sound United’s acclaimed home theater speaker brands Polk Audio and Definitive Technology have limited-time special…
3 AVR Brands Post Workarounds To 4K/120Hz Gaming Issues
Some advanced high bandwidth HDMI 2.1 gaming features are causing growing pains for makers and owners of some 4K/120 Hz and 8K listed audio components. Home theater audio brands Yamaha, Denon and Marantz recently posted notices to users of certain 4/120Hz and 8K AV receiver…
Polk Launches Reserve Series Loudspeaker Lineup
Sound United’s Polk Audio speaker brand introduced Tuesday its latest high-performance Reserve Series loudspeaker series for music, movie and gaming applications. Polk said the 9-model Reserve Series was designed for high-performance at value prices, using advanced materials and acoustic engineering. The series is certified for…
Marantz Unveils 2-Ch. Integrated Amp, SACD Player
Sound United announced Tuesday the beginning of a new era for its high-performance Marantz brand by introducing a newly designed 2-channel integrated amp and matching high-performance SACD disc/integrated network media player, each designed to offer next-level performance in a package that evokes the legacy of…
Affordable Polk MagniFi 2 Soundbar Promises Wide 3D Soundstage
Polk Audio introduced Thursday its MagniFi 2 soundbar equipped with the company’s patented SDA surround sound technology, 5.1 audio decoding and new 3D audio DSP. The Polk MagniFi 2, which will arrive in August at a $499 suggested retail price, offers Polk’s performance-tuned, six-driver Stereo…
Sound United Looks To Acquire B&W
Premium home audio equipment resource Sound United announced Friday that it is the early stages of a bid to acquire acclaimed U.K. speaker company Bowers & Wilkins. In a statement, Sound United, which has previously acquired premium audio brands including Polk Audio, Definitive, Boston Acoustics,…
Denon, Marantz Componets Add Roon Tested Accreditation
Sound United, parent company to Denon, Polk Audio, Marantz, Definitive Technology, Classé, and Boston Acoustics, is teaming up with digital music distribution/management service Roon to bring Roon Tested Accreditation to 68 Denon and Marantz AVRs, amps, preamps, SACD/CD players and other devices enabling seamless easy-to-use…
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