https://www.avsforum.com/threads/harman-buy...dustry.3324912/

Masimo has announced that it's selling its Sound United division to HARMAN International for $350 million. The deal, still subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close by the end of 2025.

For anyone unfamiliar, Sound United is the umbrella that holds several well-known audio brands, including Denon, Marantz, and Bowers & Wilkins. HARMAN, a subsidiary of Samsung and already owns brands like JBL, AKG, Harman Kardon, and Mark Levinson.

inb4 Samsung > all

Hifi is sunset industry
Thus the 350 M valuation

Inb4 Chi-Fi (china hi-fi) market disruptor

china can do it better and cheaper

Masimo?
That bread?

Samsung have the best soundbar yooo...

what china eq similar to Dirac?

Samsung is like the fictional Genom Corporation. They owned everything from manufacturing to hospitality.

cheaper yes, better?...don't think so yet

headphone today i still stick to reputable brand like sony, superlux
they just sound different
i do have chinese brand earbuds but do they sound as good?....not there yet

The best thing I can say about china earpongs is that

Last time I bought a soundpeats...china brand, had some electric sound after a few days then contacted them on shitpee

They were helpful and helped me diagnose but to no avail. Then they told me to add rm1 then sent me a replacement. I even asked if I need to ship this one back but they dun lol. Then the staticky sound went away and I got my replacement...so I bought 2 for a price of one... technically

the lenovo earbuds i bought also the same thing
use like few times, it won't work anymore
contacted their page, they just refund me fully without asking any question, without even requiring me to send it back
thn went to other brands like edifier, QCY....quality better, sound wise it's passable but it won't beat my superlux or sony headphones...those headphones are on another different level

baik beli xiomi

sony outside of their studio monitors, all tuned for bass, damn headache to listen to

depending on which, they do let you tune it
until today their XM headphone is still the best one i've listened to for it's price
now i'm using CH-720N, still great when i listen to it....those china headphone just cannot compare yet

like i always say, they wanna copy the design and the outer shell but they just can't copy the sound profile without proper hardware

Masimo the roti ???

Had a client who is electrical engineer worked in Japan for few years. According to him china electronics somehow will always have the electronic pitching sound. Only Japan and US can make it without sound. Thats why audiophile stuff expensive because of those parts making it high cost.

Altec Lansing vs4121 cukup mantap

Better they focus on bread

so many budget chinese brands don't have whatever pitching electronic noise. almost all budget to mid level hifi is made in china.

your client got ears or not?

This post has been edited by eyerule: May 7 2025, 09:07 AM

I have the XM3 for many yrs.

The sound quality is good. But the bass is a bit soft.

I thought China only knows quantity but not quality.

only if the product can withstand the test of time… and this is something, even china has to be patient..
eg watches… china has been producing excellent quality watches for decades…one of the top brand is seagull… goes back a long way, with some achievements and with quality… however little is known in the real world..

because the pitching noise is like trump.
everytime they see any speaker made in china, they will come and tariff them.
No need fact, just refer country of origin.

It seems XM2-5 have different profiles
So far I heard 4 is the best

I have an xm3 earpong and it's actually really good anc also good. But sadly it's battery got issue already one side always die early.

But imo, it's quite bassy...I prefer something more neutral

The sound gone already...and never encountered it since. Not even on the new one

thought u wanna compare sony with fiio, hifiman, moondrop. see see go compare with edifier and wht the hell is qcy?

lol.

Marantz got produced top quality cd player. Always won in hifi reviews in the late 90s. I still got mine - a CD63 MkII KI Signature

Samsung is getting fucking everything, fuck samsung

I lup my moondrop space travel, best rm100 spend

My Xiaomi instant water boiler worked only 4 months and then kaput. My online seller auto AI reply said warranty for 3 years but when asked how to send back no reply

what is pitching sound?

never heard of this term before in hifi.... lol


check out hifiman, fiio, shanling, etc to name a few of the high end audio. there are tons of products not exported out and we have not heard of them

https://hifiman.com/#1

What brand bookshelf speaker recommended?

I know got many but i think you know better

so you buy speakers based on country?
I hate how speaker seller says this speaker is made in country xxx.

proves that the price gap does have a sound different

how much are the one u just listed?

that's like saying RM150 vs RM400-800 vs over RM1k
there will be difference but it all depends how much u spend....a RM100-150 will never have the sound profile of a RM400 ones

Xm3 with me for 6yrs. Battery still good and long hr.

But the ear pad already change twice. Don't buy those lousy China ear pad. Can't even last 1/2 yrs.

Next I would like to try the Bose series or XM5 or Sennheiser Momentum?

i think XM4 is better than XM5
and i saw on used market, XM4 is holding it's value better than XM5...maybe that's an indication
but that's just me after hearing it

XM5 has better call function

previously yamaha av left malatsia, now this? damn sad.

I tried Edifier S3000 Pro before and it is worth the money if bought at 2K during promotion and better than most generic brands (Samsung, Sony, Philips etc) at a similar price, plenty of reviewers praise it as well.

I have switched to Hivi H8 (a different color version of M5A) that I bought through TaoBao which cost me RM 4K all in. A leap upgrade from S3000 Pro and personally I think it is better than my father-in-law's Bowers & Wilkins 607 S2 that I hear often.

wtf do they need so many sound brands?

bookshelf speakers our malaysia also got.

Acoustic Energy British brand but Malaysian made.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080724612758#

else can consider audioengine, us brand but also made in china.

https://audioengine.com/

keep talking about xm4 but suddenly said to compare rm150 headphones to rm400-800.


https://www.sony.com.my/electronics/headban...ones/wh-1000xm4

XM4 is RM1600 in official website.

i am comparing the XM4 that you keep praising to those ive listed.

give me the RM150 sony model, i can easily tapau with my below rm100 KZ iem.

recommend me good and cheap hifi speakers ples

which china brand are we talking with?
many i see use class-d design that is crap to my ear. meanwhile the like of marantz use their own proprietary discrete output stage (hdam module) that make it sound good.
you can change amplifier section to class-d solution for efficiency and extra volume, but they need to make sure the output stage end is good.

HIFI market is a huge rabbit hole.

That electrical engineer speaks BS

boughted edifier mr4 directly from taobao for <RM300 total after shipping
not bad

no more owned by malaysia already. sold back to the british already

yup moved back to cosworth but used AEs are cheap and good. i currently owned 1.