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Rivernuggets Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Panasonic makes good stuff. I've had cassette walkmans, VCR and DVD players. My first VCR I bought was Panasonic. That thing lasted over 20 years. Have a Panasonic bookshelf stereo (Cassette, CD , Radio) I bought in 1990 with paper route money that is still in use. Don't forget Panasonic's SA-XR digital receivers in the used market. Great sound for the money. Looking forward to this Klipsch/Panny partnership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Panasonic makes a lot of electronics, and yes I have a Technics SL1210, great table. Panasonic just does not have great name recognition as a top audio brand. Klipsch does. Bose has a great reputation in audio (at least to the non-audio types) and their name adds to the vehicles. Levinson is firmly a high end manufacturer and their name in a luxury vehicle adds to the mystique. But what would you get excited over, a car with a Panasonic system or a Klipsch System (or to get rid of our bias, a Bowers and Wilkens car audio system vs Panasonic)? It seems like the Klipsch name is the one with the goodwill in audio. Overall a good move for more brand recognition for both companies. . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 There is the McIntosh also... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TasDom Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 Panasonic or not, the bottom line is it looks like there will be Klipsh automotive speakers in the near future. No one has to marry them to a Panasonic radio / head unit (speculating here) but you may have to pay for the car they come in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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billybob Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Head unit, amp.. a 15 inch thumper In the back... sidewalk vibrating. They should do it anyway... Sirius XM radio increased their customer base, market share... Bottom line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I wish Panasonic would bring back the 21 x 9 TVs. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Panasonic was one of the Car Audio lines I rep'd during my tenure as a manufacturers rep from 2001 to 2009. It was a decent line but not a big player in the market by far. We also covered the home A/V stuff including those Class D amp receivers that never sold back then, surround systems, flat panel TV's & rear projection, etc. They were a big company for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I don't get it. When I think of Audiovox the first thing I think of is car audio. Hell, that's how they got their start. Why didn't Klipsch do something with them? What am I missing here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 The Audiovox name isn't that great really, nor has it ever been....as far as the actual name. I don't remember Audiovox ever being a "player" in car audio from when I was in it from 1984 to 2009. Definitely wouldn't be in my "Top Ten" list of car audio. We used them for in vehicle video systems and car alarms but that's about it. Their car audio was awful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pats3of4 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Panasonic had something with the sa-xr digital receivers. I just sold my last one. If they came out with new models with HDMI switching, maybe a stereo model. They sold well, don’t get it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pats3of4 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 To me the klipsch name def has more cache than panny. I’d buy car audio with klipsch on it. Copper coned drivers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 10 minutes ago, avguytx said: Definitely wouldn't be in my "Top Ten" list of car audio. Mine either but car audio and alarms was the thing that stuck in my head about Audiovox. I always thought their stuff was cheap and never thought that their "brand" would help Klipsch. Another thing that made me associate Audiovox with car audio was when the owner/president who started the company spoke to us in Hope. He told the story of how he started the business by selling car stereos out of the trunk of his car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 49 minutes ago, CECAA850 said: Mine either but car audio and alarms was the thing that stuck in my head about Audiovox. I always thought their stuff was cheap and never thought that their "brand" would help Klipsch. Another thing that made me associate Audiovox with car audio was when the owner/president who started the company spoke to us in Hope. He told the story of how he started the business by selling car stereos out of the trunk of his car. I remember hearing that tale as well. Maybe they did a little more before my time in working in car audio in 84; I was installing my own stuff and friends stuff in 1979/80 when I worked for the local Western Auto store. I also installed things that came from auto parts stores...Jensen, Sparkomatic, Kraco, Mindblower (6x9's), Pioneer, etc. Fun times. In later years, it was primarily car alarms and video. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Pioneer, Craig were the go to car audio for 8 track. Channel Master another. The former kicked butt. Panasonic has a really diversified product portfolio. They tend to do some things really well. Would think that both parties came to this through eyes wide open negotiations. Another may have been considered. Sort of makes me consider that parent company Is leaving Klipsch to it's own devices in all or most things audio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT FAN Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I can easily see myself ordering Klipsch car audio for my next vehicle. I hope it pans out. (no pun intended.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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billybob Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Randyh said: yep , you got it on the nose , Pioneer --- Can only guess coaxial speakers of some sort, possibly even more efficient than the old Pioneer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I can only imagine that there are many reasons that made the partnership a necessity to move the Klipsch brand into the car audio and could be as simple as Panasonics relationship with certain auto manufacturers that Klipsch did not have and it was a tough market to crack without that partnership. Really doesn't matter how they get in but when you're competing with Bose/JBL that are established in the market and have been for a while, you need to make your opportunity anyway you can. My JBL in the Tundra isn't bad at all, it's not the sound of other custom systems I've done in the past, but it's fine for when I'm driving, but I have thought about trying to do a custom "Klipsch" set up, so I hope that they make the speakers available for those purposes, assuming they are going to be better than other choices in the marketplace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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