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Industry | Audio equipment |
---|---|
Founded | Shinjuku, Tokyo (1962) |
Founder | Hideo Matsushita |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Kazuo Matsushita (President) |
Products | |
Website | audio-technica.com |
Audio-Technica Corporation (株式会社オーディオテクニカKabushiki Kaisha Ōdio Tekunika) is a Japanese company that designs and manufactures professional microphones, headphones, phonographic magnetic cartridges, and other audio equipment.
Company history[edit]
ATH-M50 headphones
Audio-Technica was established in 1962 in Tokyo, Japan, by Hideo Matsushita as a phonograph cartridge manufacturer. Its first products were the AT-1 and the AT-3 MM stereo phono cartridges. Business rapidly developed and Audio-Technica expanded into other fields.[1]
In 2008, the company celebrated the 20th anniversary of supplying microphones for US Presidential Debates. For their 50th anniversary, Audio-Technica celebrated at Consumer Electronics Show 2012, debuting their AT-LP1240-USB USB DJ Turntable[2] and ATH-CKS55i.[3] Their booth also featured a dubstep dance video, 'Audio 911',[4] by dancer Marquese 'Nonstop' Scott produced by video production company The DVI Group.[5]
Awards and notable uses[edit]
- In 1965, the company received an award from the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology for its AT-1001 tone arm package.
- In 1969, the company began exporting phono cartridges worldwide and launched the first microcassette recorders.[6]
- In 1972, Audio-Technica established its US arm in Fairlawn, Ohio and started shipping VM phono cartridges to European manufacturers.
- In 1974, the company's first headphones are launched, the AT-700 series.
- Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Audio-Technica microphones and cartridges received numerous awards.
- In 1992, the AT4033 condenser microphone is chosen the best microphone of 1991 at the Audio Engineering Society convention.
- Audio-Technica was one of the earliest manufacturers of headset microphones for stage use, starting in 1990.
- Audio-Technica has supplied microphones for the Grammy Awards for over fifteen years,[7] in addition to providing audio solutions for television shows such as the American version of Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, and the Olympic and Winter Olympic Games in 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012.[8]
- In 2017, Audio-Technica Pure Digital Drive Wireless Headphone ATH-DSR9BT received CES Innovation Honoree Awards[9] by using Trigence Dnote Technology.[10]
Technology[edit]
One of their most famous products was a battery-operated, portable record player called Mister Disc that was sold in the U.S. in the early 1980s.[citation needed]
In 2005, Audio-Technica developed 'Uniguard', a method for making microphones resistant to radio frequency interference from cell phones, Bluetooth devices, wireless computer networks and walkie-talkies. 13 patents were involved in bringing the feature to fruition, as company engineers modified many different elements of microphone construction and operation. Over 50 existing Audio-Technica microphone models have been upgraded with the new RFI-resistant technology.[11][12][13]
An Audio-Technica AT815a shotgun microphone
An Audio-Technica AT-95e MM phono cartridge
Notable products[edit]
- Audio-Technica AT770 (Mister Disc) - a unique portable vinyl record player
- Audio-Technica AT2020 - a medium-diaphragm cardioid condenser microphone
- Audio-Technica ATH-WS55 - over-ear consumer Solid Bass headphones
- Audio-Technica ATH-WS99BT - over-ear consumer Solid Bass headphones (53 mm drivers, Bluetooth 3, Class 2)
- Audio-Technica ATH-M50 - over-ear professional studio monitor headphones
- Audio-Technica ATH-M50x - over-ear professional studio monitor headphones (Successor to the ATH-M50)
- Audio-Technica ATH-MSR7 - over-ear headphones and first in its class to offer high fidelity sound
- Audio-Technica ATH-SR5BT - On-Ear Wireless High-Resolution Audio Headphones
- Air Dynamic Series - circumaural audiophile open air headphones
- Audio-Technica ATH-AD500 - 40 mm drivers
- Audio-Technica ATH-AD700 - 53 mm drivers, angled
- Audio-Technica ATH-AD900 - 53 mm drivers, reduced bass roll off
- Audio-Technica ATH-R70x - 45 mm drivers
- Audio-Technica ATH-CKS55 - Consumer Solid Bass in-ear buds
- Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB - Popular mid-range turntable
- Audio-Technica AT-LP1240-USB - USB DJ Turntable
- Audio-Technica AT-95e - Turntable cartridge for Hi-Fi setups
- Audio-Technica AT11E - Turntable cartridge for Hi-Fi setups
- Audio-Technica ATH-DSR9BT - Pure Digital Drive Wireless Headphones
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'About Us'. Audio-Technica. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^Fenlon, Wesley (12 January 2012). 'Article about Audio-Technica's 2012 CES presence'. Tested.com. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^'Audio Technica 2012 CES Press Release about ATH-CKS55i Headphones'. Audio-technica.com. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^''Audio 911': Audio-Technica's Consumer Headphones Release Video. Marquese 'Nonstop' Scott'. Youtube.com. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^'Press Release of Audio-Technica debuting 'Audio 911''. Audio-technica.com. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^'Audio-Technica'. www.gearogs.com. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^'GRAMMY Awards Show Uses Audio-Technica Microphones'. AVNetwork. Future plc. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^'Audio-Technica - About'. Audio-Technica. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^'Audio-Technica's ATH-DSR9BT Pure Digital Drive Wireless Headphones and AT-ART1000 Direct Power System Phono Cartridge Win CES 2017 Innovation Honoree Awards'. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^'Dnote Technology, 'Pure Digital' Audio'. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^'Sound & Video Contractor, January 1, 2006. John McJunkin. Audio-Technica UniPoint Line: New improvements to a solid and reliable line of microphones'. Svconline.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^Audio Courses dot com. Audio-Technica Provides UniGuard RFI Protection for New Engineered Sound IntegArchived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^'Audio Technica. Audio-Technica's UniGuard technology: Protection from Radio Frequency Interference'. Audio-technica.com. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Audio-Technica. |
- Official Audio-Technica Links
- Audio-Technica Reviews & News
- NAMM Oral History Interview with Kazuo Matsushita 20 November 2014 (in Japanese, no subtitles)
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Audio-Technica&oldid=915333668'
Industry | Audio equipment |
---|---|
Founded | Shinjuku, Tokyo (1962) |
Founder | Hideo Matsushita |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Kazuo Matsushita (President) |
Products | |
Website | audio-technica.com |
Audio-Technica Corporation (株式会社オーディオテクニカKabushiki Kaisha Ōdio Tekunika) is a Japanese company that designs and manufactures professional microphones, headphones, phonographic magnetic cartridges, and other audio equipment.
Company history[edit]
ATH-M50 headphones
Audio-Technica was established in 1962 in Tokyo, Japan, by Hideo Matsushita as a phonograph cartridge manufacturer. Its first products were the AT-1 and the AT-3 MM stereo phono cartridges. Business rapidly developed and Audio-Technica expanded into other fields.[1]
In 2008, the company celebrated the 20th anniversary of supplying microphones for US Presidential Debates. For their 50th anniversary, Audio-Technica celebrated at Consumer Electronics Show 2012, debuting their AT-LP1240-USB USB DJ Turntable[2] and ATH-CKS55i.[3] Their booth also featured a dubstep dance video, 'Audio 911',[4] by dancer Marquese 'Nonstop' Scott produced by video production company The DVI Group.[5]
Awards and notable uses[edit]
- In 1965, the company received an award from the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology for its AT-1001 tone arm package.
- In 1969, the company began exporting phono cartridges worldwide and launched the first microcassette recorders.[6]
- In 1972, Audio-Technica established its US arm in Fairlawn, Ohio and started shipping VM phono cartridges to European manufacturers.
- In 1974, the company's first headphones are launched, the AT-700 series.
- Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Audio-Technica microphones and cartridges received numerous awards.
- In 1992, the AT4033 condenser microphone is chosen the best microphone of 1991 at the Audio Engineering Society convention.
- Audio-Technica was one of the earliest manufacturers of headset microphones for stage use, starting in 1990.
- Audio-Technica has supplied microphones for the Grammy Awards for over fifteen years,[7] in addition to providing audio solutions for television shows such as the American version of Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, and the Olympic and Winter Olympic Games in 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012.[8]
- In 2017, Audio-Technica Pure Digital Drive Wireless Headphone ATH-DSR9BT received CES Innovation Honoree Awards[9] by using Trigence Dnote Technology.[10]
Technology[edit]
One of their most famous products was a battery-operated, portable record player called Mister Disc that was sold in the U.S. in the early 1980s.[citation needed]
![Turntable Turntable](/uploads/1/2/5/5/125597498/666261670.jpg)
In 2005, Audio-Technica developed 'Uniguard', a method for making microphones resistant to radio frequency interference from cell phones, Bluetooth devices, wireless computer networks and walkie-talkies. 13 patents were involved in bringing the feature to fruition, as company engineers modified many different elements of microphone construction and operation. Over 50 existing Audio-Technica microphone models have been upgraded with the new RFI-resistant technology.[11][12][13]
An Audio-Technica AT815a shotgun microphone
An Audio-Technica AT-95e MM phono cartridge
Notable products[edit]
- Audio-Technica AT770 (Mister Disc) - a unique portable vinyl record player
- Audio-Technica AT2020 - a medium-diaphragm cardioid condenser microphone
- Audio-Technica ATH-WS55 - over-ear consumer Solid Bass headphones
- Audio-Technica ATH-WS99BT - over-ear consumer Solid Bass headphones (53 mm drivers, Bluetooth 3, Class 2)
- Audio-Technica ATH-M50 - over-ear professional studio monitor headphones
- Audio-Technica ATH-M50x - over-ear professional studio monitor headphones (Successor to the ATH-M50)
- Audio-Technica ATH-MSR7 - over-ear headphones and first in its class to offer high fidelity sound
- Audio-Technica ATH-SR5BT - On-Ear Wireless High-Resolution Audio Headphones
- Air Dynamic Series - circumaural audiophile open air headphones
- Audio-Technica ATH-AD500 - 40 mm drivers
- Audio-Technica ATH-AD700 - 53 mm drivers, angled
- Audio-Technica ATH-AD900 - 53 mm drivers, reduced bass roll off
- Audio-Technica ATH-R70x - 45 mm drivers
- Audio-Technica ATH-CKS55 - Consumer Solid Bass in-ear buds
- Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB - Popular mid-range turntable
- Audio-Technica AT-LP1240-USB - USB DJ Turntable
- Audio-Technica AT-95e - Turntable cartridge for Hi-Fi setups
- Audio-Technica AT11E - Turntable cartridge for Hi-Fi setups
- Audio-Technica ATH-DSR9BT - Pure Digital Drive Wireless Headphones
See also[edit]
![Audio Technica Turntable Audio Technica Turntable](/uploads/1/2/5/5/125597498/515018936.jpg)
References[edit]
- ^'About Us'. Audio-Technica. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^Fenlon, Wesley (12 January 2012). 'Article about Audio-Technica's 2012 CES presence'. Tested.com. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^'Audio Technica 2012 CES Press Release about ATH-CKS55i Headphones'. Audio-technica.com. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^''Audio 911': Audio-Technica's Consumer Headphones Release Video. Marquese 'Nonstop' Scott'. Youtube.com. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^'Press Release of Audio-Technica debuting 'Audio 911''. Audio-technica.com. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^'Audio-Technica'. www.gearogs.com. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^'GRAMMY Awards Show Uses Audio-Technica Microphones'. AVNetwork. Future plc. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^'Audio-Technica - About'. Audio-Technica. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^'Audio-Technica's ATH-DSR9BT Pure Digital Drive Wireless Headphones and AT-ART1000 Direct Power System Phono Cartridge Win CES 2017 Innovation Honoree Awards'. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^'Dnote Technology, 'Pure Digital' Audio'. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^'Sound & Video Contractor, January 1, 2006. John McJunkin. Audio-Technica UniPoint Line: New improvements to a solid and reliable line of microphones'. Svconline.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^Audio Courses dot com. Audio-Technica Provides UniGuard RFI Protection for New Engineered Sound IntegArchived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^'Audio Technica. Audio-Technica's UniGuard technology: Protection from Radio Frequency Interference'. Audio-technica.com. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Audio-Technica. |
- Official Audio-Technica Links
- Audio-Technica Reviews & News
- NAMM Oral History Interview with Kazuo Matsushita 20 November 2014 (in Japanese, no subtitles)
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Audio-Technica&oldid=915333668'