Sidney Harman and Bernard Kardon founded the predecessor to Harman International, Harman Kardon, in 1953. Both Harman and Kardon were engineers by training and had worked at the Bogen Company, which was a manufacturer of public address systems. They developed high-fidelity audio products together.
HARMAN designs and manufactures consumer and professional audio products, automotive electronics and audio systems -- but we also do so much more. We’re engineering the future of connectivity—where every interaction is smarter, faster, and more immersive.
Harman Kardon invites you to listen deeper and uncover more. Sidney Harman and Bernard Kardon launch a brand that combines leading audio engineering with sophisticated design. Harman Kardon introduces the world’s first ultra-wide bandwidth tube amplifier, the Citation II.
Harman Kardon runs on two mottos – the first, to reproduce sound exactly as the artist intended it to be heard. Their audio speakers are created to produce beautiful and clear music just as you would hear in recording studios.
Harman International Industries, Inc., commonly known as Harman, is an American audio electronics company. Since 2017, the company has been operating as an inde...
In 2017, HARMAN became a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Working together, HARMAN and Samsung have been working on a global scale, leveraging R&D, distribution channels, and technology to accelerate innovation for customers around the world.
Harman / Kardon is a brand of US-based Harman International Industries. Harman Kardon was originally founded in Westbury, New York, in 1953 by business partners Sidney Harman and Bernard Kardon. [1]
Sidney Mortimer Harman ( – ) was a Canadian-born American engineer, businessman, manager and philanthropist active in electronics, education, government, industry, and publishing. Harman made “high-fidelity sound [a] part of American life". [3]