Sound United buys B&W
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"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Thats a big buy
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How much?
Microsoft just bought a company that makes video games for 7.5B curious how much a high end speaker manufacturer goes for.afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
waking up a necrotic thread
for a Sound United update! 
This just in:
https://hifipig.com/sound-united-to-be-acquired-by-medical-tech-company-masimo/
oh, here's a slightly less funky source (at least in terms of the URL) for the same info:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220215006178/en/Sound-United-Enters-into-Agreement-to-Be-Acquired-by-Masimo-Corporation
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Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC
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Curious buy. Market not liking masi today. They beat, beat, and held; say SU will be immediately accretive; no leadership changes. Trading halted at -31%. Halt lifted and drops more. Growth not remarkable, but they still seem to have serious Pulse Ox market share - at least around here - and decent margins.
The SU purchase maybe feels a tad forced, but doesn't seem desperate?
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Made a little fun-sized buy at $140b]Beach Audio[/b]: Rega RP6 (mods) - AT33PTG/II - Parks Budgie SUT - PSAudio NPC * Eversolo DMP-A6 * Topping D90iii * Joule-Electra LA-100 mkIII * Pass Aleph 30 * MIT S3 * Polk SRS 2.3tl (mods) * PSAudio PPP3
Beach Study: Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra & Pre Box S2 * Pass ACA * DH Labs SS Q10 * Brines Folded ML-TQWT RS 40-1354 * PSA Dectet
Beach Master: WiiM Pro * Dayens Menuetto * Zu Libtec * Dynaudio Audience 50
Beach Den: Bluesound Powernode 2i * DH Labs SS Q10 * Zu Omen DWII * Richard Gray RGPC
Town Study: WiiM Pro * Chord Qute (Pardo) * Elekit TU-8600 * MIT S3 * Revel M22 * Beyer DT-990 * Shunyata Hydra 2
Town Den: Music Hall mm5.1se - Denon DL-103r - Jolida JD9ii (mods) * WiiM Pro * Cary xCiter * Rogue 99 Magnum * Schiit Aegir * MIT S3 * Polk SRS 1.2tl (mods) * Dectet * Bottlehead Crack - Senn 600
Town Porch: WiiM Pro Plus * Sunfire Sig II * Canare 4S11 * Magnepan 1.6 * Dectet -
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Next product update: prosthetic leg with Polk Audio speakers.Gustard X26 Pro DAC
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Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
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B&W sound bar will be an expensive coffee table accessory.Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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How do the websites of the medical products look? Can you see things and navigate without things disappearing as you roll the cursor over them? See everything on the screen of every computer you use?
CJA so called science type proudly says... "I do realize that I would fool myself all the time, about listening conclusions and many other observations, if I did listen before buying. That’s why I don’t, I bought all of my current gear based on technical parameters alone, such as specs and measurements."
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Next product update: prosthetic leg with Polk Audio speakers.
do they make silicone... ahhh... implants?
If so, great tie-in opportunity for good ol' two-channel stereo.
I'm going to resist, but just barely, posting an image of the great ol' cover art from the album You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce.How do the websites of the medical products look? Can you see things and navigate without things disappearing as you roll the cursor over them? See everything on the screen of every computer you use?
CJ
good question --- so, maybe some upside, eh?
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mhardy6647 wrote: »waking up a necrotic thread for a Sound United update!
This just in:
https://hifipig.com/sound-united-to-be-acquired-by-medical-tech-company-masimo/
oh, here's a slightly less funky source (at least in terms of the URL) for the same info:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220215006178/en/Sound-United-Enters-into-Agreement-to-Be-Acquired-by-Masimo-Corporation
"Pursuant to the merger agreement, Masimo will pay approximately $1.025 billion, subject to adjustments, for the acquisition."
Bizarre purchase, imo.
"The Sound United transaction aligns with Masimo’s priorities, objectives and vision by advancing our strategy of enabling connected monitoring across both the hospital and home. We see significant opportunities to cross-leverage technologies, bringing Masimo’s clinically superior solutions into the home and on-the-go as well as bringing Sound United’s premium technologies into the hospital to advance our hospital automation connectivity and cloud-based technologies.
The technology and expertise within Sound United will serve us well as we aim to augment our Masimo SafetyNet strategy. Their well-established reputation and presence in the home can help us accelerate adoption of our wearables, and integrated, home-based telemedicine solutions.”
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"The Sound United transaction aligns with Masimo’s priorities, objectives and vision by advancing our strategy of enabling connected monitoring across both the hospital and home. We see significant opportunities to cross-leverage technologies, bringing Masimo’s clinically superior solutions into the home and on-the-go as well as bringing Sound United’s premium technologies into the hospital to advance our hospital automation connectivity and cloud-based technologies.
The technology and expertise within Sound United will serve us well as we aim to augment our Masimo SafetyNet strategy. Their well-established reputation and presence in the home can help us accelerate adoption of our wearables, and integrated, home-based telemedicine solutions.”
Uh okay, if you say so.
cue Twilight Zone music.
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"Alexa... my boyfriend will be here soon, can you pump up the volume to at least a D-cup?"The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
Very, very strange.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Meanwhile, Marantz is coming out with a new integrated, the Model 40n, which costs less than the Model 30n. No info on a 40n SACD/CD player though.
https://www.marantz.com/en-us/product/amplifiers/model40n/Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
I think the CEO just wanted to get the employee discount on some sweet stereo gear.
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1 billion for all those brands seems low?- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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I think the CEO just wanted to get the employee discount on some sweet stereo gear.
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I think the CEO just wanted to get the employee discount on some sweet stereo gear.
Just triggered a flashback memory!
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Is this akin to corporate "baller on a budget" concept I just learned about in the Mods section?
https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/195950/1-2-tl-xover-baller-on-a-budget#latestDon't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists. -
Is this akin to corporate "baller on a budget" concept I just learned about in the Mods section?
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nooshinjohn wrote: »"Alexa, where is my leg."
With the 10% Polk Discount, I figure I'll flip it on Craigslist
for some sweet moolah
💲💵💵💲 👍
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mrbigbluelight wrote: »nooshinjohn wrote: »"Alexa, where is my leg."
With the 10% Polk Discount, I figure I'll flip it on Craigslist
for some sweet moolah
💲💵💵💲 👍
I note that the air conditioner's turned up to eleven.
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Willis the horse returns to Granby home with new prosthetic leg
https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampshire-county/willis-the-horse-returns-to-granby-home-with-new-prosthetic-leg/
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^^^ Is that duct tape?
That's a heartening video to see -- I thought that the standard of care for horses hadn't been updated since the days of The Far Side.
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Looked like his right eye was also missing. Wonder what happened to him?
