- Harman Kardon
Harman Kardon, a division of
Harman International Industries , is a manufacturer of home and caraudio equipment . Harman Kardon is based in Woodbury,New York USA.Founded in
1953 byDr. Sidney Harman andBernard Kardon — two men with a deep interest in music and the arts — the company helped create thehigh-fidelity audio industry. Their first product was anFM tuner. One year after its founding, Harman Kardon introduced the world's first true high-fidelity receiver, the Festival D1000. Thismonaural 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. In1958 , 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 byHH 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 andHarley-Davidson .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 and manufacture the Harman Kardon iSub 2000 Subwoofer and Soundsticks. [ [http://www.sparkfactordesign.com/farag.html Apple Designer] . Retrieved on 2007-08-17]
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 [http://www.idsa.org/idea/idea2000/G7712.htm] and was featured on the cover of ID magazine. The Soundsticks II were a minor upgrade, with the addition of capacitive volume control buttons.Harman Kardon equipment photo gallery
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External links
* [http://www.harmankardon.com Official Harman Kardon website]
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