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Audiovox Wants to Buy Its Way In

20. 12. 2007

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Up 52.2 % in sales after buying Thomson's accessory business (and other acquisitions), Audiovox now says it will look to acquire new companies, especially a custom home installation business.

Audiovox is reported to be examining two companies and one is “in the CEDIA channel, in home installation type products."

LCD-panel shortages may have hurt Audiovox's LCD TV sales by as much as 20% and its portable DVD player business by 30%, but Audiovox, once known solely for car audio, may become America’s largest aftermarket supplier of XM Satellite Radio by year end.

Go Audiovox Wants In

Theatre Sound Slimmer than Wall-Mounted LCDs

05. 11. 2007

Bob Snyder

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Soundmatters Europe, a division of Dahl Audio Electronic GmbH, is showing off the SLIMstage all-in-one speaker consoles that complement flat panel plasma and LCD TVs from 32” to 62”.

Of three models (SLIMstage 30, 40 and 50 at 785mm, 990mm, and 1230mm respectively), the SLIMstage 40 is hitting Europe first. Measuring 39” W x 3.3” H x 3.4” D, it features four class-D power amplifiers. Deep bass extension comes from nine bass drivers including three down firing Extreme Energy subwoofers assisted by six mass radiators so low frequencies can reach 45MHz.

But the real star of the system is Euphony HD, a new virtual surround technology that creates 5.1-channel while recreating Dolby Digital and DTS imaging or even plain old stereo sound.

Go SLIMstage