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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.

loomisjohnson
coppy777
170 posts
 

To repeat...  Harman has done a great job with Roon.

kofibaffour
358 posts
 

@coppy777 Roon is the last thing on my mind when it comes to what Samsung/Harman has contributed to pushing audio forward. but Yes, Roon is a good testament

dennis041992
21 posts
 

I wondered if the quality of the mostly mid-fi brands would be affected when Masimo bought these brands several years ago and I saw little change except more of concentration on AVR and less on 2-channel. 

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yoyoyaya
922 posts
 

Harman has done a very good job supporting analogue film - so they have a positive track record in supporting niche interests.

Masimo's  diversification into audio was an unmitigated disaster - so they can hardly do worse.

mylogic
379 posts
 

All this sounds like a hostile take over….

Buy up more of the opposition and saturate/control competition and ultimately the market….then price out the smaller guys left. 
 

Greed, Greed and Greed, agreed?

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