B&O Xmas Eve Announcement Sees Share Value Fall By 50%
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December 26, 2018
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Bang & Olufsen who recently moved to restructure their Australian operation has issued a Christmas profit warning as their share value slides... Read More
Former Samsung Boss Takes Over At Bowers & Wilkins
A former senior Samsung executive has been appointed into the top job at British sound Company Bowers & Wilkins. Gregory Lee has... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: B&O To Move To New Store Within A Store Model New TV’s Coming
Bang & Olufsen is set for a major shakeup in Australia, with a brand new, go to market strategy that will see... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Kennedy Group To Bail Out Of Bang & Olufsen
The Kennedy Group are set to bail out of their retail relationship with Bang & Olufsen with sales of all the Danish... Read More
Audio Market Romps Ahead, Networked Audio & Dolby Sound Gear Leads The Charge
The home audio market is currently going through a radical change as consumers hunt down the latest in networked audio and premium... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: M&G Hoskins Lose Monitor & Roksan Audio Brands To Interdyn
Melbourne based distributor Interdyn has snatched the rights to Monitor Audio speakers and UK Hi Fi brand Roksan, from Sydney based distributor... Read More
Q3000i Awarded 5 Stars By What Hi Fi
The complete range of Q Acoustics Q3000i products have all been awarded 5 stars by the highly regarded review site What Hi... Read More
Klipsch Reference Series Speakers Get Upgrade
Klipsch has launched the sixth generation of Reference speakers, aiming to improve design, audio quality and build materials. New technology underpins the... Read More
Convoy Relaunches After “Going To Hell & Back”
Sydney based audio distributor Convoy was relaunched today after what their CEO claimed, “Was a journey back to hell and back”. Established... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: B&O Play Tipped To Be Axed, Replaced With Bang & Olufsen Branding
Bang & Olufsen who are under pressure in both the TV and top end audiophile market is set to eliminate the B&O... Read More
Top End Sound Company Bowers & Wilkins Set To Take On Networked Players
16 months after top end British Hi Fi brand Bowers & Wilkins moved to set up their own subsidiary in Australia the... Read More
Sonus Launching Eight Model Sonetto Collection
Italian sound manufacturer Sonus Faber is releasing its Sonetto Collection featuring eight models including floor standing loudspeakers and centre channel speakers. The... Read More
Cambridge Audio Unleashes Edge High End Hi-Fi Series
Cambridge Audio is launching a new high-end Hi-Fi series, dubbed Edge, as part of its 50th anniversary. Edge consists of three units:... Read More
SmartHouse ‘Best Of The Best’ Awards – Speakers
In the latest edition of the SmartHouse Best of the Best Awards, it lists the best technology in the market based on... Read More
First It Was Loewe, Now Indi Imports Snares M&K Speakers
After snaring the Loewe TV brand out of Qualifi late last year, Indi Imports has now taken the M&K speaker range which... Read More
CES 2018: Sony Reveals New Headphones, 4K TVs and Wireless Speaker
Sony has used this year’s CES to unveil an array of TVs, speakers, headphones, hi-fi systems and home audio systems including a new OLED... Read More
Klipsch Debuts Next Gen Reference Speakers
Audio company Klipsch has unveiled its new next generation flagship Reference Speakers, the RF-7 III floor standing speaker and the RC-64 II... Read More
Major Upgrade For Bluesound OS, 24Bit Dolby Sound In Every Room
Bluesound who make the award winning 24Bit sound systems has moved to add new features with the release of a new 2.14... Read More
Bowers & Wilkins Crank Out New Headphone, Bookshelf Speakers + Subs
After taking over the marketing of their brand in Australia the British sound Company Bowers & Wilkins has moved to roll... Read More
Q Acoustics Concept 500 Named Best Product By EISA
The Q Acoustics Concept 500 speaker has received a prestigious award from the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA). Distributed in Australia by Indi... Read More
Latest Bowers & Wilkins Speakers Combine New Technology With Classic Design
Bowers & Wilkins has launched its new 700 Series which the company said is the “best-performing range of loudspeakers in its class”. Replacing... Read More
Sony Takes Sound System To New Heights
Sony has introduced a new 170cm-tall speaker with lighting functionality and sound quality that makes it “truly a party machine” according to... Read More
Savant Acquires Home Audio Brand Artison
Home automation company Savant has acquired audio components manufacturer Artison, best known for its range of integrated speakers, subwoofers and soundbars. Savant... Read More
Klipsch Brings Dolby Atmos To New Speaker Range
Klipsch has announced the launch of two new Reference Dolby Atmos enabled home theatre speakers. Extending the brand’s existing lineup of speakers... Read More
Two Decades On Klipsch Brings Back The Forte Loudspeaker
Weeks after Klipsch shifted distribution of their products in Australia from Adelaide based Powermove to Melbourne based Qualifi the US Company has... Read More
Pacificomm Appointed Oz Distributor For AudioEngine
High-performance sound systems brand AudioEngine have announced the appointment of Pacificomm Group, Ltd as the brand’s Australian distributor. “Working with Pacificomm allows us to increase... Read More
Jay Vee Secures Oceanic Distribution For Angstrom
Angstrom Loudspeakers has announced a new distribution partner for the Australian market in Jay Vee Technologies. The appointment sees will see the... Read More
Jamo Announces Restructure + New CEO
Weeks after Melbourne-based Qualifi took over distribution of the Klipsch range, Jamo—a long time brand at Qualifi—has announced a major restructure, a... Read More
Q Acoustics Rocks Sub $10K Speaker Market With Ridiculously Cheap Pricing
Melbourne based audio distributor Indi Imports, is set to rock the Hi Fi market, with the release of the Q Acoustics Concept... Read More
Harman Kardon Take On Sonos With Omni+ Speakers
Not content to bring the fight to UE (via their JBL youth brand), Harman Kardon are also planning to take on wireless... Read More
JBL Strike A Chord With New 2017 Speaker Range
Following their acquisition by Samsung last year, Harman’s youth brand JBL has geared up to put the pressure on its rivals with... Read More
Review: Panasonic’s SC-UA7 Speaker Ditches Hi-Res For High Volume
The SC-UA7 wireless speaker system might not exactly bring the house down but Panasonic’s latest definitely feels like a package primed to... Read More
Harman Delivers Double Digit Growth Despite Being In First Gear
It’s taken Harman International 18 months to get their direct act together in Australia since parting Company with local distributor Convoy, but... Read More
Bang & Olufsen Struggles, As Danish Company Moves To Mass Consumer Market To Get Traction
Bang & Olufsen has spent years trying to convince consumers that their so called top end gear was the best, they even... Read More
Panasonic Cover All The Bases With 2017 Wireless Audio Range
Panasonic look poised to make waves in the home audio space, showing off their 2017 range. The cream of the crop here... Read More
UPDATED: EXCLUSIVE: Qualifi Take Klipsch From Powermove
EXCLUSIVE: Qualifi the distributor of Marantz, Heos and Denon products in Australia is set to be appointed as the new distributor of... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Indi Imports Snares Q Acoustic Major Expansion Planned
EXCLUSIVE: Melbourne based Indi Imports has confirmed that they are the new distributor for UK sound Company Q Acoustics. The appointment follows... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Klipsch Terminates Powermove
EXCLUSIVE: In a shock move US sound Company Klipsch has terminated their distribution agreement with Adelaide based Powermove. The business worth approximately... Read More
Samsung Complete Harman Acquisition
Samsung has announced the completion of its $8 billion acquisition of Harmon, first announced in November. “Today is a historic moment for... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: D+M Brands Marantz, Denon, Heos + Boston Acoustics Sold
The largest supplier of loudspeakers in the USA, Sound United has snapped up D+M, manufacturers of Denon Marantz and Boston Acoustics, they... Read More
Control4 Aquires Speaker Brand
Control4 has forked out US$9.6M in cash to buy the Triad speaker brand. The move into audio comes as the Company comes... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Harvey Norman Profits Up 38% NSW Key Contributor
Harvey Norman has announced a net profit of $257.29 million, up $71.79 million, from $185.51 million in the previous corresponding period a... Read More
No Decision Yet On Q Acoustics Distribution
No decision has been made as to who will be the next distributor the Q Acoustics brand in Australia. According to Armour... Read More
Synergy Audio Bringing Cambridge Audio YOYO Speakers To Oz
Australian hi-fi distributor Synergy Audio will be kicking off 2017 by bringing a trio of new Cambridge Audio wireless speakers to the... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Indi Snares Top French Hi Brand That Is Set To Appeal To Millennials
Melbourne based Indi Imports has snared another top European sound brand with their appointment to sell products manufactured by French manufacturer Elipson.... Read More
Advance Audio + KEF Fail To Defend Price Gouging
Comment: Advance Audio Australia’s price gouging of the Australian market has no defence, and despite our story exposing the overpricing that Australian... Read More
KEF, Advance Audio, Price Gouging, Other People Have Their Say
Following my comment piece yesterday on the Hi Fi industry and the price gouging by Advance Audio with their KEF brand, several... Read More
As Amazon Echo Becomes New Voice Standard, Apple Moves To Screw Partners
It was the hottest product at CES 2017 and already 8 million Americans have bought the Amazon Echo voice activation system, but... Read More
EXPOSED: KEF Price Gouging, Hi Fi Gear in OZ
Serious questions are being raised about the high price of KEF sound products in Australia, with several of the UK Companies products... Read More
Harman Consumer To Be Managed By Harman Not Samsung
Senior Samsung Australia management have denied claims made at CES that the operations of Harman International will be rolled into Samsung operations... Read More