Harman Kardon Festival D-1000 receiver, circa 1954Īdvertised as having "all the critical electronic elements of a deluxe high-fidelity system on one compact, controlled chassis", the unit included a wide bandwidth FM radio tuner, a pre-amplifier and 20-watt amplifier with automatic loudness control all in a complete chassis. One year after its founding, in 1954 Harman Kardon introduced their first products, the 7 tube A-100 AM - FM tuner featuring automatic frequency control, priced at $70.50 (equivalent to $768 in 2022) and the Festival D-1000 receiver, the world's first integrated hi-fi receiver priced at $189.50 (equivalent to $2,065 in 2022). Integrated receivers were not a novel concept as Scott Radio Laboratories had manufactured such items in the late 1930s. The company's first product was an FM tuner.Įarly integrated receivers (with a tuner, preamplifier and power amplifier) were an attempt to create, improve and produce high fidelity performance in a single unit. Harman Kardon designed and produced some of the first high fidelity audio products in the 1950s. Naming their new company Harman/Kardon Inc., each invested $5,000 (equivalent to $54,689 in 2022) in capital and opened a production facility in Westbury, New York. Bogen wasn't interested so Harman resigned in 1953, taking his boss, Bogen's chief designer Bernard Kardon (Janu– April 14, 1993) with him. Harman wanted the Bogen company to develop an improved audio system for American consumers. By the 1950s, he was general manager of the firm. During his 14 year tenure at Bogen, Harman moved from engineer to sales manager. History Company founders Īfter graduating from college, Sidney Harman's first job was at the David Bogen Company as an engineer where he designed public-address systems.
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The company also held 1,695 United States and foreign patents and 2,172 pending patent applications covering various audio, infotainment and software products. HARMAN International corporate customers in have included Apple, Inc., BMW, Land Rover, DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, Hyundai/Kia, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Porsche, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Rolls-Royce, Saab, and Toyota.Īs of Jthe company held 1,885 trademark registrations and 294 pending trademark applications around the world.
The company is focused on three audio equipment business segments - Automotive, Consumer and Professional, offering products under company-owned brand names including AKG, Becker, Crown International, dbx, DigiTech, JBL, JBL Professional, Infinity Systems, Harman/Kardon, Lexicon, Mark Levinson Audio Systems, Soundcraft and Studer. Harman Kardon was originally founded in Westbury, New York, in 1953 by business partners Sidney Harman and Bernard Kardon. Harman Kardon (stylized as harman / kardon) is a division of US-based Harman International Industries, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics.
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