Audio-Technica commemorates sixty years of commitment to analog audio

The Japanese manufacturer of transducers Audio-Technica has celebrated sixty years since its founder, Hideo Matsushita, created the company and presented its AT-1 capsule on the market.

After witnessing vinyl audition sessions during his tenure at Tokyo's Bridgestone Museum, Hideo Matsushita it was proposed that many more people could also experience the warmth of analog sound, for what he founded Audio-Technica in a small apartment in Shinjuku (Japan) and began to develop phonographic capsules.

The first two products of this business initiative in the audio environment, the AT-1 capsules and AT-3, achieved great success and allowed Matsushita to expand his business, opening a larger headquarters in Machida, from which the company continues to operate today.

The past 17 April 2022, Audio-Technica commemorated the sixty years since Hideo Matsushita created his first capsule, occasion that I take advantage of to reaffirm its commitment to the analog sound, that the company views as "an appreciation of sound that is not altered, despite rapid changes throughout history".

In addition to phonographic capsules, Audio-Technica began producing headphones in 1974, and microphones in 1978, starting each process with the development of a transducer and the goal of delivering a pure and natural sound.

Kazuo Matsushita, son of the founder, became president in 1993 and the company continued to expand by opening offices around the world and developing iconic products, as the series of VM cartridges, the ATH-M50x headphones and the AT2020 microphone.

currently, Audio-Technica is an essential part of the sound industry, with products that are used in global events, in the cinema, in studies and in the domestic environment that maintains the philosophy of 'sound for all' and with the commitment so that future generations continue to experience 'the pleasure of analog'.

The firm is celebrating its sixtieth anniversary with a series of events around the world focused on that commitment.. "It's an honor to deliver quality sound to millions of people around the world," said Kazuo Matsushita.. What starts as a simple vibration, a subtle movement, results in an emotional connection, whether it's listening carefully to an album or sharing your voice with the world.".

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