CEMA Releases Latest Sales Stats
According to the Consumer">http://www.cemacity.org">Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA), the month of August saw hot increases in the sales of audio products. Factory sales of audio products rose 7%, to $694 million, equaling year-to-date revenues of $4.7 billion, slightly ahead of the first eight months of 1998.
CEMA Sets First Audio Summit for May 29-31, 1998
Responding to continued softness in the audio market, the Consumer">http://www.cema.org">Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA) has finalized plans to hold its first annual Audio Industry Summit at the Westin Hotel O'Hare in Chicago, Illinois, May 29-31. CEMA audio company members will congregate in an effort to formulate strategies they believe will lead the category back to long-term prosperity and growth.
CEMA Sponsoring Product Return Conference
Returned products are problematic for consumers, retailers, and manufacturers. Returns have always eaten into profits in the audio and video business. Everybody knows that. What isn't widely known is that the Consumer">http://www.cemacity.org">Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association sponsors an annual conference to help deal with the problem.
CEMA: '99 CES a Huge Success
This will be a huge year for the electronics industry, insiders are saying in the wake of the just-finished 1999 Consumer Electronics Show. This one "surpassed anything we've seen before," said Gary Shapiro, the president of the Consumer">http://www.cemacity.org/">Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association, in a post-Show statement. "Our industry is driving the technologies that will define the digital age."
CEMA: Holiday Shopping Season Looks Promising
The holiday retailing picture looks promising, according to several recent reports. Both the Consumer">http://www.cemacity.org/">Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association and the Recording">http://www.riaa.com/">Recording Industry Association of America were predicting up seasons after mid-year numbers came in higher than expected. Overall, retail sales were up 0.6% in November, reported the Wall">http://www.wsj.com/">Wall Street Journal on Monday, December 14.
Centre Hi-Fi Room at Montreal Audiofest 2026: Advance Paris, Triangle, Technics, Dynavector, AudioQuest
In one of our late-arriving updates from Montreal Audiofest 2026, Robert Schryer visits the Centre Hi-Fi Room, where he checked out a system that included Triangle Duetto 40th Anniversary speakers, a Technics SL-1300GPK turntable, and an Advance Paris 190Wpc A-I190 integrated amplifier.
CES '98 Opens: DVD-Audio gauntlet is thrown
The Academy Advancing High Performance Audio & Video (formerly the Academy for the Advancement of High End Audio) kicked off CES '98 with a pre-Show meeting. Meridian's Bob Stuart addressed the thorny issue of competing and (as yet) not fully defined standards for DVD-Audio.
CES '98 wrap-up
It gets tougher every year to cover a show like the CES. Dropping in on most of the high-end audio rooms at the Alexis Park isn't so bad---the hard part is getting to all the various splinter exhibits scattered around Las Vegas within the allotted four days.
CES 1999 Wrap-Up: January 11, 1999
The most important issue facing the high-end audio crowd at this Show is the looming battle for high-resolution audio formats. DVD-Audio and SACD posturing was everywhere, with SACD probably displayed the most. But it was a relief to see that manufacturers were starting to consider putting both SACD and DVD-Audio processing in a single box, thus making the choice for consumers much easier. This means that the makers of disc players are not forced to choose sides, and are able to please everyone. It allows consumers, as well, to make a single-player choice and be covered for the coming armegeddon. But it will put record labels in a tough spot: which format will they support for their releases---SACD, DVD-Audio, or, somehow, both? We'll keep you informed.
CES 2004: Before the Flood
Although the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) officially runs from Thursday, January 8 through Sunday, January 11, the day before the show has traditionally been reserved for press conferences by the major electronics companies. In recent years, audio news has been overshadowed by home-theater and video announcements, since that is where the big boys have decided the mass market has gone. This year was no different, but that's not to say there was no audio news.