Harman gobbles up some more ...

[tima]

Industry news ...

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

Sound United Finds a New Home with Harman

Already in the Harman stable are JBL, AKG, Levinson, Arcam, Revel and Roon.

Looks like Masimo (a Health Care company) takes a pretty big loss on this. Harman is owned by Samsung.

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[spiritofmusic]

I read that as "*human* gobbles up some more".
About right for this hobby, lol.

 

[V-Fi]

I've been pleasantly surprised by the way Harman has seemed to take a "hands off" approach to things since they purchased Roon. Not sure about the others aside from the fact that I haven't seen anything objectionable happen with Revel, Arcam, etc. But Roon forums are very active and you get a good window into the staff and their operations, future plans, that sort of thing. Seems like everything continued as usual post purchase.

We'll see how these new brands shake out but I'm quietly hopeful they won't drastically change. Although big changes may actually be welcome in some cases, not all of those firms are doing as well as they probably could be.

 

[PYP]

Industry news ...

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

Sound United Finds a New Home with Harman

Already in the Harman stable are JBL, AKG, Levinson, Arcam, Revel and Roon.

Looks like Masimo (a Health Care company) takes a pretty big loss on this. Harman is owned by Samsung.

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will be interesting to see if there is cross-fertilization (if that is possible given the different brands).