Home Audio

At Futuresource Consulting’s flagship event Audio Collaborative, conversations on the future of audio were abundant. One panel, chaired by Guy Hammett (Head of Home Audio at Futuresource), explored this in detail.

Despite a wider category slowdown in Bluetooth speakers, party speakers posted significant double digit percentage point growth by the close of 2022.

The global home audio market continued to feel the squeeze in Q4 2022, with volume and value both experiencing year-on-year contraction.

While our consumer electronics and entertainment analyst teams are regular fixtures at the  largest and most influential tech event each year, this year saw two members of the Futuresource marketing team head stateside to experience their first CES in Las Vegas.

The home audio market experienced a year of twists and turns in 2022, with a difficult first half giving way to a resurgence of consumer activity.