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Edgar Marion Villchur (28 May 1917 – 17 October 2011 [2]) was an American inventor, [2] educator, and writer widely known for his 1954 invention of the acoustic suspension loudspeaker which revolutionized the field of high-fidelity equipment.
Sidney Mortimer Harman (August 4, 1918 – April 12, 2011) was a Canadian-born American polymath whose varied intellectual interests enabled him to flourish during a sixty-year career as an engineer, businessman, manager and philanthropist active in electronics, education, government, industry, and publishing.
Recognizing a nascent high-fidelity industry, Harman lobbied the Bogen company to develop an improved audio system for American consumers. Bogen wasn't interested so Harman left in 1953, [6] taking Kardon with him. Naming their new company Harman/Kardon Inc., [7] each invested $5,000 (equivalent to $56,940 in 2023) in capital.
Fisher Electronics was an American audio equipment manufacturer founded in 1945 by Avery Fisher in New York City, New York. Originally named the Fisher Radio Corporation, the company is considered a pioneer in high fidelity audio equipment.
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Philharmonic Radio equipment was well regarded, earning Fisher the beginning of his reputation as a leader in audio equipment. A January 1940 Consumers Union comparison test of high fidelity radio-phonograph recommended Philharmonic's $295 (equivalent to $6,416 in 2023) 14-tube Linear Standard console unit, saying "Quality of reproduction ...
High fidelity (often shortened to Hi-Fi or HiFi) is the high-quality reproduction of sound. [1] It is popular with audiophiles and home audio enthusiasts. Ideally, high-fidelity equipment has inaudible noise and distortion , and a flat (neutral, uncolored) frequency response within the human hearing range .
The United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America (FE) was a labor union representing workers in two related industries in the United States and Canada. The union originated as the Farm Equipment Workers' Organizing Committee, which was split off from the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee in 1938.