AV Rant #944: Your Old Shoes Suck

We are back to our old selves. A Masimo investor conference made it pretty clear they are done with Masimo Consumer, aka the former-Sound United brands such as Denon, Marantz, B&W, et al. And with no buyer for them yet, they might simply shut them down and cease operations altogether.
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00:00:00 – Intro
Tom got a new phone. Quick Black Friday thoughts.
00:17:23 – What We Watched
Rob watched Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and the second Arc of Arcane: League of Legends – Season 2. Tom’s been watching The Great British Bake Off. And Netflix with ads sucks.
00:39:05 – Listeners of the Week
Our Listeners of the Week are Brad for his PayPal donation, plus our 132 Patreon Patrons, as well as Infinite Gary for sending Tom a movie code, Ryan for sending Tom his NHT Center speaker, Mirage Omni S8 subwoofer, and offering to send even more NHT speakers, Dan for persisting through UPS hurdles to send Tom a laptop and KEF speakers, Tony for sending Tom his Def Tech CS9080 Center and offering to send Lee one as well, and Herb from Cross-Spectrum Labs for contacting Jason Ehrlich from Kinetics Noise Control to get Tom some acoustic panels.
We also appreciate the notes of gratitude for keeping the podcast going from: Sasi, Mark, Ilango, Karl, Brandon, “Brenda’s husband, Andrew”, Dave, Jim, and Brad. Thank you to everyone for continuing to listen!
In the news:
00:49:01 – News: Masimo is Done with Sound United
Via Justin – An investor conference has made it clear that Masimo has no interest in continuing to run the former-Sound United brands. And with no buyer in sight, they might simply cease operations entirely in early 2025: https://tinyurl.com/y8ufxfva
And Voxx International is selling off bits and pieces of their Premium Audio Company brands to stay afloat, as well: https://tinyurl.com/2hwn8rz4
Comments:
00:59:57 – Comment: Greg – BACCH4Mac
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01:03:15 – Comment: Infinite Gary – Philharmonic BMR Towers
New speaker purchase, and first impressions.
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