[oneinthepipe]

http://www.avguide.com/blog/first-listen-lexicon-bd-30-universal-blu-ray-player

That's a good read.  Someone referred to Chris Martens as "a whore for the advertisers".

I assume that Harmon had him write something to try to do some damage control.

[TheChairGuy]

This really is very sad for Harman International...Dr. Sidney Harman was forced to abdicate his CEO post about two years ago to another (Dinesh Paliwal).  I wonder if an overemphasis to profits from the new head had much or all to do with this gaffe.

How far the mighty hath fallen - these guys are responsible for the world’s first true hi-fi receiver, the TA230 stereo receiver (1958); the first ultrawide-bandwidth amplifier, the Citation II (1959); the first cassette deck with Dolby* B noise reduction, the CAD5 (1970); and the first high-current-capability amplifier, the Citation XX (1980). Source: wikipedia

As well as holding company for some of the most storied names in hi-fi history:

    * AKG Acoustics - microphone/headphones
    * Audio Access - A/V controllers
    * Becker Autosound - car infotainment
    * BSS Audio - signal processing
    * Crown International - pro amplifiers
    * dbx Professional Products - signal processors
    * DigiTech - guitar products
    * harman kardon - home/car audio
    * Infinity - home/car speakers
    * JBL - home/car speakers & amplifiers, professional speakers
    * Lexicon - digital processing
    * Mark Levinson - home/car audio
    * QNX - real-time OS software, voice processing, car multimedia
    * Revel - home speakers
    * Soundcraft - mixing consoles
    * Studer - digital recording

John

[JackD201]

Which would you rather have a Ford Pinto that looked like a Lexus, or a Lexus that looked like a Ford Pinto?

I think posers would go for option one and fugitives from the IRS option 2