DT Contest: Win our $400 H/K Onyx Studio (Update: Congrats to the winner!)

By Jeffrey Van Camp August 5, 2014

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We’re continuing our summer giveaways this week with the Harman Kardon Onyx Studio Bluetooth Speaker. It’s quite a name, but this stylish speaker packs a punch. Normally $400, we’re handing it out to one lucky winner.

Updated by Jeffrey Van Camp on 8-05-2014: Congratulations to Norman from Pennsylvania. Norm, your Onyx Studio is on the way!

Here’s how Ryan from our A/V team described it in our full Onyx review: “Harman Kardon’s Onyx Studio offers powerful portable sound that performs admirably across multiple genres, moves easily to any room, and looks damn good doing it. It’s pretty pricey for how few features it offers, and it falls a little shy of full-on high fidelity. But if you’re looking for a speaker with a striking design and big sound that can post up anywhere with ease, this little saucer is an enticing choice.”

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Onyx Studio contest details:

Starts: July 25
Ends: Friday, Aug. 1 at 11:59 p.m. PT
U.S. residents only: This unit is built for the U.S. market
Random: Winners are chosen at random
Don’t get greedy: Please only enter the permitted number of times

If you don’t win, stay tuned! We have more giveaways coming this summer. Thanks again to our loyal readers. We do this for you all.

Updated by Jeff: In a move of sheer stupidity, I put in the $500 price tag of the standard Onyx. Fixed the error. This is the $400 Onyx Studio (standard MSRP). There are a few sites listing it at a discounted $200 rate this week, like Best Buy. If you don’t win, we recommend you try out these deals!

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