Sunrise Records To Expand
Ontario music retailer Sunrise Records is planning on expanding into several former HMV locations through-out Canada this spring.
This chain’s nine stores are currently located in the province of Ontario and the company has been negotiating to take over 70 former HMV locations according to the Globe and Mail.
Unfortunately this will not include the flagship store at the corner of Yonge and Dundas in Toronto and several key street level locations in Canada. But the retailer is hoping to become profitable in 2018 regardless of their inability to secure these locations.
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New Turntable Technology
“Love” is a new record player that broadcasts music from your vinyl records to wi-fi and to speakers via Bluetooth. Click here for more information about this new product’s Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.
Goodbye HMV Canada
HMV Canada is closing all of its over 100 retail locations and everything is being sold at 30% off original ticket price at these stores.
They will be closing these stores by April 30th, 2017, permanently.
Bluewave – Wireless HiFi headphone amplifier
Have you ever thought your smart phone amp wasn’t strong enough ? Then the Bluewave may be a solution for you.
This wireless wi-fi bluetooth powered product is currently being offered through a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. And i’m interested because I tend to prefer wired Sennheiser headphones over wireless headphones, most of which sound flat or weren’t reliable.
Click here for details on this crowdfunding campaign.
Sad News For Vinyl Fans
Canada Boy Vinyl has closed their manufacturing plant in Calgary after only sixteen months of operations.
This plant had just opened in September 2015 and had expected to take advantage of a resurgence in vinyl’s popularity. But there weren’t enough orders to make the plant sustainable so Dean Reid, the founder and chief operating officer of Canada Boy Vinyl, decided to cease its operations.
Burlington, Ontario’s new Precision Record Pressing plant is now the only vinyl pressing facility in Canada.
Hopefully sales will grow to make a domestic industry in Canada viable.