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It was formed in 2002 from the merger of Denon and Marantz. [1] [2] It had acquired several other companies since that time. Prior to 2008, it was owned by RHJ International, which is associated with Ripplewood Holdings. In 2008, it was acquired by K. K. BCJ-2, a Tokyo corporation owned by investment funds advised by Bain Capital. [3]
Marantz is a company that develops and sells high-end audio products. [2] The company was founded in New York, but is now based in California. The first Marantz audio product was designed and built by Saul Marantz in his home in Kew Gardens, New York . [ 3 ]
Denon (株式会社デノン, Kabushiki Gaisha Denon) is a Japanese electronics company dealing with audio equipment. The Denon brand came from a merger of Denki Onkyo (not to be confused with the other Onkyo ) and others in 1939, but it originally started as Nippon Chikuonki Shoukai in 1910 by Frederick Whitney Horn, an American entrepreneur.
In March 2017, the Sound United audio division acquired YS consumer electronics company D+M Group, whose brands included Denon, HEOS by Denon, Marantz and Boston Acoustics. At the time, D+M was the world's largest supplier of audio/video receivers .
The Integra amplifier series was introduced in 1969. [4] In 1993, Onkyo acquired Lucasfilm's THX certification and then launched the first ever THX-certified AV consumer receiver. [4] In March 2015, Onkyo purchased Pioneer Corporation's Home Electronics Corporation, which produces home cinema amplifiers, Blu-ray players and other AV products ...
A 1980s-era Denon CD player with the chassis cover removed to show the electronic and mechanical components. An example of a Pioneer CD player's tray closing. Sony released its CDP-101 CD player [44] in 1982 with a slide-out tray design for the CD. As it was easy to manufacture and to use, most CD player manufacturers stayed with the tray style ...
The OPL (FM Operator Type-L) series is a family of sound chips developed by Yamaha.It consists of low-cost sound chips providing FM synthesis for use in computing, music and video game applications.
In 2004, Yamaha launched the STAGEA series. [3] This series uses all AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) voices and features over 180 digital effects, built-in registration menus, VA (Virtual Acoustic) voices, and a Style-File compatible expanded rhythm and accompaniment section. AWM is the proprietary sound sampling technology of Yamaha.