Harman To Acquire B&W, Denon, Polk And Marantz From Masimo In $350 Million Deal


just saw the above announcement--of particular note is that masimo paid over a billion for the same brands just a few years ago. not sure whether harman will add any value--they've neither hurt nor helped revel or arcam--or what this move indicates about the consumer audio market generally, but this doesn't bode well for the future.

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Harman (Harman Kardon, JBL, Mark Levinson, AKG, Infinity, Bang & Olufsen, Lexicon, Revel, Becker, BSS Audio, Crown, dbx, AMX, Arcam, Soundcraft, Martin, and JBL Professional) is owned by Samsung

Sounds undervalued. I see a bright future for Polk and B&W, they are very strong in their own segments. Marantz and Denon are probably OK but obviously not doing as well as they could.

Sounds like Harman is doing fine, which is good since I continue to enjoy my early-adopted lifetime subscription to Roon!

Since Harman is a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, then S. Korea must also be doing well.

With the exception of Levinson, Martin and to a degree B&W it is all mid-fi brands.

Fire sale indeed.