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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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.

As always, market trends, innovation, and the willingness of entrepreneurs to invest, will ultimately decide what is available to the consumer.  The serial acquisition and consolidation of smaller companies by bigger entities is not that unusual these days.