Audio-Technica

Audio-Technica. In the early 1960s at Tokyo’s Bridgestone Museum of Art, curator Hideo Matsushita hosted LP listening concerts, where people would experience vinyl records played on high-quality audio equipment. Matsushita was moved by the positive reactions guests had to the music, but was frustrated that the expense of high-fidelity listening prevented many people from experiencing it.

Audio-Technica Corporation is a Japanese company that specializes in the design and manufacturing of high-quality audio equipment and accessories. The company was founded in 1962 by Hideo Matsushita and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.