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01-08-2018, 11:36 AM
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If you wondered what happened to Harman Kardon
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01-08-2018, 11:58 AM
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My dad had Harman Kardon Hi Fi gear in 1960.
I remember the tubes glowing in our darkened living room while we listened to a scary radio program called, "The Shadow". "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" "... The SHADOW Knows!"
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01-08-2018, 11:59 AM
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they have snatched up quite a few companies and then they got snatched. you'll be surprised if you didn't already know. samsung!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harman...nal_Industries play music!
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01-08-2018, 12:43 PM
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I have a Harman Kardon Onyx bluetooth speaker that's really nice for a fairly cheap bluetooth speaker. I got on older version on closeout for $70:
 Has a surprising number of drivers for a portable speaker.
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01-08-2018, 04:03 PM
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Those are the speaker brand in my Subaru Forester.
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01-08-2018, 04:10 PM
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Interesting way to reinvent their business. It reminds me of Resaerch In Motion, the Blackberry folks - they are reinventing themselves as a software provider for autonomous vehicles.
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01-08-2018, 06:50 PM
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And how they got there: As of 2003 they were custom-designing some of most sophisticated bespoke auto stereo systems in the world:
   In the case of the MINI system, what H-K didn't do was put out an owner's manual. I was forced to retro-engineer a manual. I then published it to the Internet in 2003 to help other users to operate their systems. Bob
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01-08-2018, 11:23 PM
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About half of the nav/infotainment systems in today's cars come from them.
Pretty much only two manufacturers left making them. There has been a lot of consolidation as mentioned in the article.
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01-09-2018, 09:34 AM
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The HK Citation vacuum tube stereo amps are highly sought after. A really nice one will set you back the price of a fine acoustic.
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01-09-2018, 12:09 PM
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01-09-2018, 12:21 PM
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01-09-2018, 03:07 PM
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I had a nice HK integrated amp back in the early '80s IIRC. They made some stellar gear back in the day.
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