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Grace Sharpens Internet-Radio Focus
Home Audio News on TWICE &bull Jul 28, 2010
San Diego - Grace Digital, which claims to offer the widest selection of home and portable Internet-radio products on the market, has further expanded its selection with its first component-style Internet radio tuner and first portable AC/DC model. Grace Digital's first component-style Internet-radio tuner, the $219.99 GDI-IRDT200 The company lists 10 models on its website, including tabletop radios with built-in speakers and amps. All models also… Full Story »
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Kenwood Incentive Program Gains
Home Audio News on TWICE &bull Jul 27, 2010
Long Beach, Calif. - Retail salespeople and installers have qualified for more prizes than they did last year at this time under Kenwood's X-Rewards retail sales-incentive program, Kenwood said. A "We are about halfway through our program this year, and… Full Story »
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Vulkano Combines TiVo, Slingbox, Roku Functions
Home Audio News on TWICE &bull Jul 27, 2010
San Mateo, Calif. - Monsoon Multimedia said it will ship a device this August that it claims performs the functions of TiVo, Slingbox and Roku devices. Vulkano Combines TiVo, Slingbox, Roku Functions Initially introduced at International CES in January, the Vulkano is an integrated hardware and… Full Story »
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Phase Focus At CEDIA Expo: Small Speakers
Home Audio News on TWICE &bull Jul 27, 2010
Jacksonville, Fla. - Small size will be one of the themes that Phase Technology will promote at September's CEDIA Expo, where it will launch small in-room home theater speakers and a series of 3-inch speakers for custom-install applications. Phase's SPF-15 surface-mount speaker features 3-inch driver and aimable mounting system.The company, meantime, shipped its first… Full Story »
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Audyssey Expands TV, Mobile-Device Portfolio
Home Audio News on TWICE &bull Jul 27, 2010
Los Angeles - Audyssey Labs is expanding its portfolio of audio-processing technologies for TV sets, portable devices and mobile devices with the launch of Audyssey Volume Extension, said to double the volume delivered by small speakers without increasing audible distortion.… Full Story »
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Russound Persevering In Down Market
Home Audio News on TWICE &bull Jul 26, 2010
Newmarket, N.H. - Russound plans to ship a variety of new multi-room-audio products in the coming months despite what it said was a 27 percent drop in industrywide factory-level multi-room-audio sales, including speakers, during the two years ending in 2009. A Here's what the brand revealed so far:Collage updates: In a couple of months, Russound will offer a firmware update to add Radiotime's… Full Story »
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vNet Outlines Product Roadmap
Home Audio News on TWICE &bull Jul 26, 2010
Newmarket, N.H. - A variety of new products is in the Colorado vNet roadmap over the coming weeks and months. Here's what the brand has revealed so far:Wireless lighting system: An upgraded system shipping in November will use wireless ZigBee Pro technology, replacing the current ZigBee technology. The new system… Full Story »
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Russound, vNet Prepare Broad Product, Program Launch
Home Audio News on TWICE &bull Jul 26, 2010
Newmarket, N.H. - Russound and Colorado vNet are rolling out new products and programs while maintaining their separate market identities and putting the finishing touches on revised distribution strategies, executives said during a day-long presentation to the trade press. From left: Colorado vNet sales and marketing VP Petro Shimonishi, Russound CEO Charlie Porritt, Russound president Maureen Baldwin and Russound marketing director Rich Guida Privately held Russound rescued Colorado vNet last October from closure and has been combining key vNet and Russound business functions, excluding sales and marketing. During that time, vNet has also been replacing its Colorado-based inside sales force… Full Story »
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Meridian Adds New Sooloos Music Server
Home Audio News on TWICE &bull Jul 23, 2010
NEW YORK -- Meridian has begun shipping a next-generation Sooloos networked music server system that combines two components -- touchscreen controller and hard-drive storage -- into one chassis and reduces the entry price of a Sooloos system to $7,500. The… Full Story »
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Onkyo's Third-Gen THX HTiB Adds 3D
Home Audio News on TWICE &bull Jul 22, 2010
Upper Saddle River, N.J. - Onkyo unveiled a third-generation THX-certified home-theater speaker/receiver package that adds such features as 3D-compatible HDMI 1.4a connections, Dolby Pro Logic IIz height-channel processing, 1080p up-scaling, and Audyssey Dynamic Volume sound-leveling technology. The $1,099-suggested HT-S9300THX is Onkyo's third-generation THX-certified HTiB The 7.1-channel… Full Story »
