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

Personally I think Samsung/Harman has been a good corporate parent of their high end brands. I was rightly concerned when they bought JBL back in the 1990s and turned out a bunch of mediocre products. But since Samsung took over, they've allowed the consumer, high end, and pro divisions to separate and put out great stuff for each market. 

They seem to allow each brand to focus on their core customers instead of trying to be all things. Like any corporate parent, if a division hits their numbers, management continues as is. If not, things change. But it seems like there's continuity of brand identity and quality. 

And there are still plenty of boutique brands to explore. I'm more concerned about their continuity when founders leave. 

My experience with Harmon Luxury Group is that their service and support leaves a lot to be desired.   

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

Pretty dismissive and elitist attitude. 

@llg98ljk that is to be expected in a space that think it is a big thing when we’re a niche within a niche. To put how small we’re as a subset of audio, AirPods Pro 2, AirPods 3, and AirPods Max alone gave Apple almost 22 billion in revenue for 2024

Apple could’ve bought All of so-called Hi-Fi, Mid-Fi and Lo-Fi companies in our little pocket of audio and all they have to use is revenue from 2024 alone

But hey let us keep arbitrary metrics up

The only items I own in the list is some vintage JBL drivers out of some beaten up cabs.....'mid-fi' for them, LE-08's, 'empty' cabs with minimal padding, no internal structure...got the interior dimensions, everything including the ports....

No, I won't 'Walsh' them....I have some scruples...;)

I do wonder who bailed Ohm out when they went up for sale....but I've my own variants on the pedigree, and don't mind being Jack v. the Giant.....

"Practical Art Objects"....signed and limited to the versions produced.

Sue me...win Nothing.  Empty victories stink... ;)