Harman Kardon

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A Harman Kardon PC speaker

Harman Kardon, a division of Harman International Industries (NYSE: HAR), is a manufacturer of home and car audio equipment. Harman Kardon is based in Woodbury, New York USA.

Founded in 1953 by Dr. Sidney Harman and Bernard Kardon — two men with a deep interest in both music and the arts — the company helped create the high-fidelity audio industry. Their first product was an FM tuner. One year after its founding, Harman Kardon introduced the world's first true high-fidelity receiver, the Festival D1000. This monaural unit was not only aimed at non-technical consumers but also incorporated many now-familiar features such as a tuner, component control unit and amplifier on a single chassis. In 1958, Harman Kardon introduced the world's first stereo receiver, the Festival TA230, once again aimed at non-technical users in an attempt to make high-fidelity widely available. Stereo sound was achieved by using one channel from the AM Band, and one channel from the FM Band. The first true FM Multiplex Stereo Receiver was sold by HH Scott in 1961 with introduction of the Model 350 tuner.

Harman Kardon is the main auto audio supplier for BMW, Land Rover, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, SAAB and Harley-Davidson.

1 iSub and Soundsticks
2 Harman Kardon equipment photo gallery
3 References
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[edit] iSub and Soundsticks

ISUB and Soundsticks

The Harman Kardon iSub 2000 Subwoofer and Soundsticks were originally introduced at the July 2000 Apple Computer Worldwide Developers Conference.

Harmon Kardon partnered with Apple to design & manufacture the Harman Kardon iSub 2000 Subwoofer and Soundsticks.^[1]

Apple did the industrial design and mechanical engineering with the goal of having the product look like part of the Apple product family. This product won an Industrial Design Excellence Awards gold award[1] & was featured on the cover of ID magazine. The soundsticks II were a minor upgrade with the addition of capacitive volume control buttons.