EXPLORE
THE HISTORY OF HARMAN KARDON
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1953
Auspicious beginnings
Harman Kardon produces its first product
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1954
Why didn't someone think of this before?
The Festival D1000 is the world's first product that combines a tuner and an amplifier in one device - effectively inventing the 'receiver'
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1958
Another first
The Festival TA230 is the world's first stereo receiver.
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1959
Let's go wider
The world's first ultrawide bandwidth tube amplifier. The Citation II remains a classic collectors' item today.
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1963
Easy service
Harman Kardon's Citation A and B are the first solid-state products with replaceable circuit boards for easy service.
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1970
Reducing the noise
Harman Kardon introduces the CAD5, the world's first casette deck with Dolby B-type noise reduction.
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1980
Current events
We introduce the first high-current capability amplifier: the Citation XX.
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1999
The need for speed
Our CDR-2 becomes the world's first CD audio recorder with 4x dub speed
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1999
Art meets science
Harman Kardon Soundsticks are the first computer speaker to win design awards.
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2000
Lot's of Logic
Our AVR 7000 is the first A/V Receiver with onboard Logic7, VMAx and HDCD processing
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2007
High-Performance Portable Loudspeaker Dock for iPod
From its flat iPod cradle and smart radio-frequency remote control to its arching stainless-steel handle, this is the loudspeaker dock that only Harman Kardon engineers could build.
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2009
Merging Art and Science
No desktop audio system has merged art and science so beautifully and so functionally as the GLA-55. Every detail, from the facets of its bass-reflex enclosures to its custom chrome tubing, has been designed to complement its astonishingly high sonic quality.
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2009
Handsome and compact
The MS 100 is a complete high-performance audio system. With a CD player, FM tuner, dock for an iPod, integrated loudspeakers, and auxiliary inputs for other audio products, it's a handsome, compact component that is perfect for the home or office - or almost anywhere else.
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2011
Beauty. In Its Finest Key.
Jennifer Lopez and Harman Kardon present the new BDS home audio entertainment system with 3D Blu-ray™ Disk playback and wireless streaming technology
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