Audio Technica

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Website audio-technica.com Founder Hideo Matsushita		Headquarters Machida, Tokyo, Japan Type of business Private KK

Industry Audio equipment manufacturing Key people Kazuo Matsushita (President) Founded 1962, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan Profiles Twitter

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Audio-Technica Corporation (株式会社オーディオテクニカ, Kabushiki-gaisha Ōdio Tekunika), is a Japanese company that designs and manufactures professional microphones, headphones, phonographic magnetic cartridges, and other audio equipment.

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Company history

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.

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 and ATH-CKS55i. Their booth also featured a dubstep dance video, "Audio 911", by dancer Marquese "Nonstop" Scott produced by video production company The DVI Group.

Awards and notable uses

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.

In 1972, Audio-Technica established its US arm in Stow, 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 been supplying all the microphones for the Grammy Awards for the last 10 years as well as providing audio solutions for television shows, for example, the American version of Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, as well as the Olympic and Winter Olympic Games in 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012.

Technology

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.

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.

Notable products

Mister Disc - a unique portable vinyl record player

Audio-Technica AT2020 - a medium- diaphragm cardioid condenser microphone

Audio-Technica ATH-WS55 - over the ear consumer Solid Bass headphones

Audio-Technica ATH-WS99BT - over the ear consumer Solid Bass headphones, 53mm drivers, Bluetooth 3, Class 2

Audio-Technica ATH-M50 - over the ear professional studio monitor headphones

Audio-Technica ATH-M50x - over the ear professional studio monitor headphones (Successor to the ATH-M50)

Audio-Technica ATH-MSR7 - over the ear headphones and first in its class to offer high fidelity sound

Air Dynamic Series - circumaural audiophile open air headphones

Audio-Technica ATH-AD500 - 40mm drivers

Audio-Technica ATH-AD700 - 53mm drivers, angled

Audio-Technica ATH-AD900 - 53mm drivers, reduced bass roll off

Audio-Technica ATH-R70x - 45mm drivers

Audio-Technica ATH-CKS55 - consumer Solid Bass in ear buds

AT-LP1240-USB - USB DJ Turntable

AT-95e - Turntable cartridge for Hi-Fi setups

References

Audio-Technica Wikipedia

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