Will it be called the Scheißehorn instead? or the Billigpfeife? maybe the Müllwürfel? (keeping with the German theme) I guess it's time to buy a set of Palladiums while I still can ... From TWICE: Though Klipsch will operate as a stand-alone company, said Audiovox president/ CEO Patrick Lavelle, "we see many opportunities to leverage distribution, global brand development, and brand expansion in areas such as OEM automotive and professional audio." I guess this means we'll soon see the Reference line at Sears and Palladiums at such high-end establishments as Best Buy and Amazon.com Klipsch also "provides an outstanding new distribution channel for our company to reach the home and commercial installation markets," Lavelle said. Sounds like we'll be seeing Klipsch branded universal remotes and low-end cables with pretty connectors, all of which bear a striking resemblance to their AR counterparts sitting on dusty warehouse shelves at CompUSA and Circuit City. Wow, $166 million seems like such a low price, no wonder Audiovox bought them. It would have been nice to see a hifi-centric M&A group buy them instead.
I am seriously disappointed. I hope it turns out to be for nothing, only time will tell.