Klipsch vs Resellers
If you're a retailer harboring visions of including Klipsch Audio Technologies' products among the offerings in a deep-discount website, forget it. Likewise, reconsider if you've been tempted to buy Klipsch products at unbelievable prices from such a site. And if you're a Klipsch dealer with some overstock, don't take the bait if someone with a website offers you cash for a bulk deal, don't even think about it—because Klipsch is one company that takes the gray market seriously.
Klipsch Acquires Mondial Designs; Move Bodes Well for Both Parties
One of the oldest names in American audio is venturing into new territory. Indianapolis, IN–based Klipsch">http://www.klipsch.com/">Klipsch Audio Technologies has acquired "selected assets" of privately held Mondial">http://www.mondialdesigns.com/">Mondial Designs Ltd. of Dobbs Ferry, NY, maker of the Acurus and Aragon brands of amplifiers, preamps, and signal processors. Paul Rosenberg, Mondial's co-founder and former vice president, will become a director at his new parent company, with primary responsibilities in marketing and product development for Acurus and Aragon. Mondial chief engineer Adam Gershon and senior engineer Michael Kusiak will also remain with the company. Anthony Federici, Mondial's president, has moved on to form a new company called D & A Labs, which plans to debut a "high-end home theater receiver" this spring, with other quality electronics to follow.
Klipsch Breaks New Ground
The economic outlook may be gloomy, but there are bright spots here and there. One is Indianapolis-based Klipsch">http://www.klipsch.com">Klipsch Audio Technologies, which, on November 5, announced a bold expansion program that will add more than 200 people to its workforce.
Klipsch Group Acquires API
On August 15, Klipsch Group, Inc. announced the acquisition of Canadian firm Audio Products International Corp. (API), one of the largest speaker manufacturers in the world. API, which makes loudspeakers under the Mirage, Energy, Spherez, Sound Dynamics, and Athena Technologies brands, was founded in 1973 and is sold in over 50 countries worldwide. Klipsch, which makes speakers under the Klipsch marque as well as Jamo, was founded in 1946 by legendary speaker designer Paul W. Klipsch and has become "the largest stand-alone speaker manufacturer in the US."
Klipsch Refines Electronics, Speaker Plans
Attendees at the Custom">http://www.cedia.org/">Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association Expo 2001 will be the first to see new Aragon products, parent company Klipschhttp://www.klipsch.com">Klipsch; announced in late June. The Indianapolis-based audio manufacturer will unveil new Aragon/Klipsch home theater systems at the annual show held in its hometown the first week of September. The show's stature has grown to such an extent that many companies now choose to debut new products there rather than at the January Consumer Electronics Show.
Klipsch Shifts Gears
Memorial Day is the traditional beginning of summer. This year, it will mark a new chapter for Klipsch">http://www.klipsch.com">Klipsch Audio Technologies.
Klipsch to Show Red Oak Finish, Demo Active Crossover at Audio Advice Live
Klipsch willl introduce a Red Oak finish option for its Heritage Forte IV and Heresy IV loudspeakers at Audio Advice Live 2025. The finish, paired with gray heathered grilles, marks its first public appearance.
KnowledgeLINK Launches GetPlugged.com
Hoping to "forever alter the way people shop for medium to high-end home entertainment products," KnowledgeLINK has launched its e-commerce website, GetPlugged.comhttp://www.getplugged.com/">GetPlugged.com;, which it claims will "educate and entertain consumers, and seamlessly link them with the nation's best A/V specialty retailers and custom installers." The site offers what it calls "a highly informative, fun, uniquely interactive shopping experience for the audio-video consumer."
Krell "Trade Up" Deal
Would a piece of Krell electronics be the crowning jewel on your equipment rack?
Krell Demo A Killer
On April 14, Krell Industries invited the New York–based audio press to its first-ever American demonstration of its Evolution electronics separates, at Sound By Singer. In a surprise move, the company also debuted a complete "re-imagining" of its flagship loudspeaker, the LAT-1:">http://www.stereophile.com/loudspeakerreviews/382">LAT-1: the $55,000/pair LAT-1000. "We set out to improve the LAT-1," Krell CEO Dan D’Agostino said, "and in the end, probably the only parts we retained from the original design were the top and bottom panels. The LAT-1000 is essentially a completely new design—although it does retain the same footprint as the LAT-1, since that proved so popular in Japan that we didn't want to mess with it." And, he said, patting the aluminum top-plate, "Let me tell you, it was hard to pack all of this new technology into a package this size."