Are Marantz and Bowers & Wilkens becoming pawns in Masimo's internal fight?

I would not invest in any high end audio manufacturer

I care about Marantz. If Denon, B&W, H.Kardon, etc go down the drain, I wouldn't care.

The CEO does look like one of those deadweights who spends a lot on hookers and cocaine.

Interesting thread, even if no one is participating in it.  I haven’t bought a Denon or Marantz component in years but I can’t see how letting these companies atrophy due to corporate greed is a good thing for audio

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Masimo is the owner of Sound United (Marantz, Bowers and Wilkins, Harmon Kardon, etc).

You are mistaken that Masimo owns Harmon Kardon. HK is owned by Samsung.

I looked into investing in Masimo and walked away. The P/E ratio alone is inexplicably high for a company is such a huge mess. The outcome is anyone’s guess.

I think there’s few comments because I offered a poorly constructed question. My interest in this topic and Masimo was partly past experience consulting at a medical device company and wondering if the marriage of medical devices and consumer electronics could work? Second, once I started receiving investment documents I realized that Masimo was in the middle of very public war between the CEO and a major investor. The battle for the board of directors was taking place in conflicting voting recommendations and disparaging comments sent to all investors. Even those with just a few shares (for curiosity not real investing).

Ultimately, the larger topic is how will the brands we all love and sometimes disappoint us survive and continue to innovate. I don’t see "go it alone" as viable for many, even McIntosh Group is now a conglomerate with Sonus Faber and Sumiko under one roof. No predictions here; just wondering and typing