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2025...maybe the end of B&W, Polk, Denon, Marantz and Definitive Technology
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<blockquote data-quote="pwatts" data-source="post: 1186912" data-attributes="member: 146"><p>From what I read this was a sad story with some merit: Masimo's primary interest was in HEOS for two reasons:</p><p>1. use in their medical devices</p><p>2. with full ownership of HEOS, sue Apple for patent infringement since Apple used the tech illegally.</p><p></p><p>However, it was an overly expensive endeavor for just that and the board had little appetite to deal with companies not producing annual returns on investment as they were used to.</p><p></p><p>In addition, the now-ousted CEO is a massive audiophile which lead to accusations that the acquisition was an emotional one and not purely driven by merit.</p><p></p><p>The same happened with Halcro, where the company that bought it was only interested in mining applications of some of the R&D and nothing with the hi-fi. So the hi-fi got mothballed until recently when a deal was reached to put the old designs back into production with only minimal change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pwatts, post: 1186912, member: 146"] From what I read this was a sad story with some merit: Masimo's primary interest was in HEOS for two reasons: 1. use in their medical devices 2. with full ownership of HEOS, sue Apple for patent infringement since Apple used the tech illegally. However, it was an overly expensive endeavor for just that and the board had little appetite to deal with companies not producing annual returns on investment as they were used to. In addition, the now-ousted CEO is a massive audiophile which lead to accusations that the acquisition was an emotional one and not purely driven by merit. The same happened with Halcro, where the company that bought it was only interested in mining applications of some of the R&D and nothing with the hi-fi. So the hi-fi got mothballed until recently when a deal was reached to put the old designs back into production with only minimal change. [/QUOTE]
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