Tag archive: Harman Kardon

We're looking forward to paying Harman Kardon a visit at CES this year. The company, well respected for its excellent sounding audio gear, has been busy breathing new life into its brand with some outstanding sounding iPod speaker docks, artsy computer speakers and, up until now, one  sound bar model. H/K's SB16 sound bar with wireless subwoofer must be doing well, because the company has just announced a bigger, badder model dubbed… Read More

Home theater fanatics will often tell you that life isn't worth living without 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound—handled, of course, by painstakingly-calibrated, top-flight satellite speakers strategically placed around a room. However, people who actually live in homes will often tell you home theaters aren't worth having if it means tripping over cables and having ugly speakers occupying every important point visual point in a room.… Read More

Toshiba has brought several new laptops, as well as refreshing its Satellite series, to CES this year. “This is an exciting time for the consumer electronics community—we’re dealing with a generation that is technically sophisticated, and responds favorably to innovation,” said Jeff Barney, vice president and general manager of Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. “That’s… Read More

We’ve seen speakers clad in Rosewood, African Blackwood and piano black rubbed out with the painstaking French polish technique before, but none replicate quite the look, we think, of Harmon Kardon’s new GLA-55 2.0 loudspeakers. With slender, jewel-like bodies cut from real glass – not acrylic – they look almost otherworldly in design. Besides creating a stunningly different aesthetic value, the material chosen for the speaker carcass, which… Read More

Audio manufacturer Harman Kardon is expanding its line of car electronics with the GPS-300 Guide + Play. Much like Mio’s recently introduced C520, Harman Kardon’s GPS-300 finds its niche by offering both GPS navigation and digital media playback in one device. Harman Kardon introduced the GPS-300 as a budget-conscious alternative to its big brother, the GPS-500. “Early response to our recently-introduced Harman Kardon… Read More

Audio equiment maker Harman International—makers of Harman-Kardon, AKG, JBL, Lexicon, Revel, Mark Levinson, and other well-known brands of consumer, auto, and pro audio gear—announced today (PDF) the company will be acquired by private equity fims Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) and Goldman Sachs Group's private equity firm for about $8 billion. Under the deal, Harman stockholder would receive about 4120 in case… Read More

Harman Kardon, makers of quality home and car audio products, debuted sometime ago a robust in-car iPod audio solution known as the Drive + Play. Something apparently has gone well enough with this gadget that they are getting ready to put to market an even more feature laden iPod car system called the Drive + Play 2. The Drive + Play 2 is designed to provide comprehensive access of your Apple iPod’s audio collection through your car… Read More

Summer is here, and you know what that means. Sand, sun, fun… Not to mention a guaranteed three-month drought when it comes to top-quality videogames.   The problem in a nutshell: Everyyear about this same time, average yokels like you and I power down the PlayStation, round up the family, pile into the Range Rover (OK, Hyundai) and head for greener pastures. Similarly, sales of interactive entertainment software taper off during June,… Read More

At this year's CeBIT expo, Toshiba has taken the wraps off the Qosmio G30, the latest addition to its high-end line of multimedia computers and its first laptop equipped with an HD DVD-capable optical drive. The new notebook is due to begin shipping in April in the United Kingdom, and it truly wants to be your full-equipped entertainment center. The Qosmio G30 will offer a TV Tuner, DVB-T tuner, Windows XP Media Center Edition, a… Read More

A/V equipment manufacturer Harman Kardon announced at CES 2006 that it had begun shipping or would soon bring to market an array of new high end A/V components as well as a universal remote control. The new components coming retail include A/V receivers and two DVD players. Harman Kardon's new A/V receivers are the flagship AVR 740 ($3,499 - available February), AVR 640 (Price TBA - available February) and AVR 440 (Price TBA -… Read More

What is VoIP VoIP is one of those mysterious acronyms that almost everyone has seen by now. If you've read or watched TV ads for Vonage or any of the other mushrooming broadband telephone services, or read about eBay's acquisition of Skype, you're familiar with it. You might have experienced it without even knowing it. VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol, a way of having a phone conversation over the Internet by… Read More

The Harman Consumer Group, which owns the brands JBL and Harman Kardon among others, today said they would be acquiring PhatNoise out of Los Angeles. PhatNoise is best known for their after market PhatBox car MP3 player hard drive. PhatNoise's team will join the Harman Consumer Group's engineering group in designing digital media systems in the automotive environment. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.… Read More

The editorship of Macworld magazine and associated Web sites announced five Best of Show winners today at the IDG Macworld Conference and Expo 2005 in Boston. To be eligible, products had to be introduced at the show itself (or recently enough that they generated excitement amongst attendees) and available for hands-on evaluation by the editorial staff. Not surprisingly, given the continuing success of Apple's iPod, winners include… Read More

Audio equipment manufacturer Harman Kardon today introduced a new iPod in your car solution they think will hold an edge over similar products in the aftermarket car audio gear market. The new Drive + Play integrated docking system will be available in September for $199.95. The Drive + Play, according to a Harman Kardon press release, offers iPod users complete control of their player, including full browsing capacity, while minimizing… Read More

Nokia today introduced the Nokia N91 multimedia, the company's latest device optimized for mobile music consumption. With room for up to 3000 songs on the integrated 4-gigabyte hard disk, the NokiaN91 delivers a premier music experience. In addition, the industry standard 3.5mm stereo headset jack and easy transfer of music files from your PC help make the Nokia N91 a connected mobile jukebox.Encased in stainless steel, the Nokia N91 has… Read More