Polk Audio, Sound United?

VR3
VR3 Posts: 28,622
edited September 2013 in The Clubhouse
Interesting...

http://www.soundunited.com/

Curious what this means in the long run
- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited September 2013
    Curious indeed...
    Jake
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    edited September 2013
    News to me...Polk has merged??
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,622
    edited September 2013
    Polk is own by Directed Electronics, as is Def Tech and "Boom" and it looks like Sound United is the Directed Electronics division for these brands
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited September 2013
    You are correct sir !
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,776
    edited September 2013
    "Boom" ?!?
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited September 2013
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    "Boom" ?!?

    That was my biggest question of the site. :eek:
    Jake
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited September 2013
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    "Boom" ?!?

    Google it.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited September 2013
    Polk and Def Tech under the same umbrella makes for strange bedfellows as they are in DIRECT competition with each other? Don't you think?

    I realize that this has been the case for a while, because that's what CORP. mergers DO, gobble up the smaller to become monopolies (if they can--that's their "goal" in any case).

    People have been complaining, for example, about the Klipsch group and Energy, etc. Arguing that no good can some of this?

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited September 2013
    I'm still confused? Is SU supposed to be the THX/ Dolby for DEI?
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited September 2013
    I remember back in the day, maybe 1979 when my brother and I decided to sell "our" Bose 901's. My dad bought them for us and after maybe 5 years we decided to buy Polk Monitor 10's. I told this story on the forum once upon a time. So my dad not convinced we were doing the right thing and being a Johnson & Johnson executive felt he should call Polk himself. The reason I bring up my father be a J&J executive is that Mathew Polk himself answered the phone. How cool was that?
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited September 2013
    So your dad told Matt not to sell you any speakers? Heavy.
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited September 2013
    Yea Polk could stop support on some older products, surprised it hasn't happened.

    VR3 wrote: »
    Interesting...

    http://www.soundunited.com/

    Curious what this means in the long run
    POLK SDA 2.3 TLS BOUGHT NEW IN 1990, Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-198
    POLK CSI-A6 POLK MONITOR 70'S ONKYO TX NR-808 SONY CDP-333ES
    PIONEER PL-510A SONY BDP S5100
    POLK SDA 1C BOUGHT USED 2011,Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-194
    ONKYO HT RC-360 SONY BDP S590 TECHNICS SL BD-1
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited September 2013
    Making me a list of spares to buy
    POLK SDA 2.3 TLS BOUGHT NEW IN 1990, Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-198
    POLK CSI-A6 POLK MONITOR 70'S ONKYO TX NR-808 SONY CDP-333ES
    PIONEER PL-510A SONY BDP S5100
    POLK SDA 1C BOUGHT USED 2011,Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-194
    ONKYO HT RC-360 SONY BDP S590 TECHNICS SL BD-1
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited September 2013
    George Grand wrote: »
    So your dad told Matt not to sell you any speakers? Heavy.

    Matt convinced my father we were doing the right thing. I told a couple audio friends my dad spoke to Matt Polk last night, I thought I was real cool!! That's the pair on 10's I re-veneered and did a x-over upgrade.
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  • D2Lo
    D2Lo Posts: 352
    edited September 2013
    DEI Holdings owns 2 divisions, Directed Electronics and Sound United.

    Directed Electronics is all automotive security and remote start brands: Viper, Clifford, Python, Smart Start ....

    Sound United is comprised of all of the audio brands: Definitive (for more than 10 years), Polk (since 2006), BOOM (founded about 3 years ago)

    Definitive, Polk, and BOOM have different distribution, different price points, different technologies, and different design languages.
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  • D2Lo
    D2Lo Posts: 352
    edited September 2013
    Thought you guys would like this. We have been finding pairs to a lot of the vintage speakers in the office and cleaning them up to build a physical timeline installation.

    Note the logos on the earliest two products.

    vintage.jpg
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