Audio-Technica Corporation (?????????????

Kabushiki Kaisha Odio Tekunika) is a

Japanese company that designs and manufactures professional microphones,
headphones, phonographic magnetic cartridges, and other audio equipment.
Contents

1 Company history
2 Awards and notable uses
3 Technology
4 Notable products
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Company history
ATH-M50 headphones

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.[1]

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[2]
and ATH-CKS55i.[3] Their booth also featured a dubstep dance video, "Audio 911",[4]
by dancer Marquese "Nonstop" Scott produced by video production company The DVI
Group.[5]
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.[6]
In 1972, Audio-Technica established its US arm in Fairlawn, 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 supplied microphones for the Grammy Awards for over fifteen
years,[7] in addition to providing audio solutions for television shows such as the
American version of Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
inductions, and the Olympic and Winter Olympic Games in 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004,
2008, 2012.[8]
In 2017, Audio-Technica Pure Digital Drive Wireless Headphone ATH-DSR9BT
received CES Innovation Honoree Awards[9] by using Trigence Dnote Technology.[10]

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.[citation needed]

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.[11][12][13]
An Audio-Technica AT815a shotgun microphone
An Audio-Technica AT-95e MM phono cartridge
Notable products

Audio-Technica AT770 (Mister Disc) - a unique portable vinyl record player

Audio-Technica AT2020 - a medium-diaphragm cardioid condenser microphone
Audio-Technica ATH-WS55 - over-ear consumer Solid Bass headphones
Audio-Technica ATH-WS99BT - over-ear consumer Solid Bass headphones (53 mm
drivers, Bluetooth 3, Class 2)
Audio-Technica ATH-M50 - over-ear professional studio monitor headphones
Audio-Technica ATH-M50x - over-ear professional studio monitor headphones
(Successor to the ATH-M50)
Audio-Technica ATH-MSR7 - over-ear headphones and first in its class to offer
high fidelity sound
Audio-Technica ATH-SR5BT - On-Ear Wireless High-Resolution Audio Headphones
Air Dynamic Series - circumaural audiophile open air headphones
Audio-Technica ATH-AD500 - 40 mm drivers
Audio-Technica ATH-AD700 - 53 mm drivers, angled
Audio-Technica ATH-AD900 - 53 mm drivers, reduced bass roll off
Audio-Technica ATH-R70x - 45 mm drivers
Audio-Technica ATH-CKS55 - Consumer Solid Bass in-ear buds
Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB - Popular mid-range turntable
Audio-Technica AT-LP1240-USB - USB DJ Turntable
Audio-Technica AT-95e - Turntable cartridge for Hi-Fi setups
Audio-Technica AT11E - Turntable cartridge for Hi-Fi setups
Audio-Technica ATH-DSR9BT - Pure Digital Drive Wireless Headphones