Samsung buys Harman for $8B


Wow! Seems they were after Harman's auto business which is 65% of what Harman does. Will Samsung leave Harman's high end brands alone or does that spell ruination of Mark Levinson, Revel, JBL, Lexicon, et al? 

Is this the largest high end acquisition? 
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That home audio was an afterthought for Samsung is exactly what makes me wonder if Samsung will do anything to support it- or just let it die. 

Would be interesting if Samsung found a buyer for the home audio- imagine throwing that in with Naim/Focal, or the group that owns McIntosh, Audio Research, etc 
...and wouldn't it be nifty if they bothered to make cell phone audio actually something you could listen to and not cringe?

Nahhhh....*L*  Why change what the masses already tolerate....

and wouldn't it be nifty if they bothered to make cell phone audio actually something you could listen to and not cringe?

Wouldn't it be interesting if them made cell phones that did not explode...

Just sayin...
Harman already sells very nice sounding Bluetooth speakers for use with phones and other Bluetooth enabled devices.