Harman to Collaborate with Pono and Neil Young to Bring Pono HD Music into the Car
January 08 2015 - 8:58PM
Business Wire
With a Shared Commitment to Audio Excellence, Companies Join
Together at HARMAN’s Technology Showcase at the Hard Rock Hotel
During the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
HARMAN, the premium global audio, visual, infotainment and
enterprise automation group (NYSE:HAR), and Pono Music shared with
attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas their
vision for offering the highest quality music to the automobile
market. Legendary recording artist Neil Young and HARMAN Chairman
and CEO Dinesh Paliwal discussed solutions to offer the PonoMusic
catalog and supreme, lossless HD quality playback in vehicles.
LAS VEGAS: Legendary recording artist
Neil Young and HARMAN CEO Dinesh Paliwal discuss bringing the
PonoMusic catalog and HD quality audio into vehicles during the
Consumer Electronics Show 2015. By joining forces, HARMAN and Pono
aim to deliver the best in audio to music lovers. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“We are excited to collaborate with Mr. Young and the team at
Pono Music to expand their reach into the car and let people hear
music as the artist intended, a mission of ours at HARMAN,” said
Dinesh Paliwal, Chairman and CEO, HARMAN. “HARMAN is a company of
musicians and engineers bonded together through our legacy of
innovations developed with one goal – to make music sound amazing
from the studio to the stage to the street and the car. By joining
forces with Pono, we will leverage our collective talents and
assets to deliver the best in audio to those who love music as much
as we do.”
On display at CES is HARMAN’s new Harman Kardon® Omni HD-enabled
multi-room wireless speaker system, launched in Europe this fall
and set to ship in the U.S. in January 2015. Last year at CES,
HARMAN revealed a software-based solution called Clari-FiTM to
enhance digitally compressed music. This HARMAN technology today
can be found in a variety of automobiles, consumer electronics and
mobile devices, including the LexusTM NX, Hyundai ASLAN, JBL®
Authentics and the HTC One® (M8) Harman Kardon edition smartphone.
Also announced at CES, Clari-Fi has been ported to the Cirrus Logic
Smart Codec platform.
“The PonoPlayer is not for audiophiles, it’s for music lovers,
who come in all shapes and sizes. We want all of them to feel the
power of true HD quality sound,” said Neil Young. “Our
collaboration with HARMAN, the leader in branded car audio, is an
exciting step forward in our journey to bring HD-quality music to
people wherever they want to listen to it. As the company that
brought us Studer, Soundcraft and Mark Levinson, HARMAN is the
ideal partner for us.”
“Music is about the feeling you get when you listen to it. Up to
90 percent of a song’s nuances are lost in the digital compression
process,” added Young. “I speak for many songwriters, performers,
producers, engineers and fans, including myself, when I say, we all
deserve better.”
About HARMAN
HARMAN (www.harman.com) designs, manufactures and markets
premier audio, visual, infotainment and enterprise automation
solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets.
With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®,
JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson ® and Revel®, the Company is admired
by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they
perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are
equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a
workforce of approximately 16,600 people across the Americas,
Europe, and Asia and reported sales of $5.6 billion for the 12
months ended September 30, 2014. The Company’s shares are traded on
the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NYSE:HAR.
About Pono Music
PonoMusic (www.ponomusic.com) was founded in 2012 by Neil Young,
the legendary musician who has been on a quest to revive the magic
that has been squeezed out of digital music due to the popularity
of compressed formats. Today you no longer have to choose between
quality and convenience when listening to music – you can have both
with PonoMusic.
PonoMusic is the world’s first end-to-end high-resolution music
ecosystem, including the highly anticipated hi-res online music
store officially launching at CES, the highly acclaimed and magical
PonoPlayer, and the PonoMusic World desktop software used to
purchase, download, and manage your music. The PonoPlayer is
available for preorders now on PonoMusic.com, and is on sale at a
number of high-end audio and record stores throughout the United
States (http://retail.ponomusic.com). PonoMusic is also proud to
announce that the PonoPlayer will soon be on sale at Fry’s
Electronics and other high-end retail chains.
HARMAN at CES 2015
The HARMAN showcase during CES 2015 offers demonstrations of the
company’s full portfolio of infotainment and lifestyle audio
systems that enable the connected life. The HARMAN showcase is
located at the Hard Rock Hotel. Follow HARMAN online during CES
2015:
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