Nakamichi

Nakamichi Corporation Limited
Company typeSubsidiary of Nimble Holdings[1]
IndustryElectronics
FoundedTokyo, Japan (1948)
Key people
Takeshi Nakamichi (President)
ProductsHi-fi equipment
ParentGrande Holdings
Websitewww.nakamichi.com, www.nakamichi-me.com, www.nakamichi-usa.com

Nakamichi Corp., Ltd. (株式会社ナカミチ, Kabushiki-Gaisha Nakamichi) is a Japanese consumer electronics brand that originated in Japan and gained a name from the 1970s onwards for original and high quality audio cassette decks. Nakamichi is a subsidiary of Chinese holding company Nimble Holdings.[1]

Nakamichi manufactured electronic devices from its founding in 1948 but only sold them under its name from 1972. It is credited with offering the world's first three-head cassette deck.[2] Since 1999, its product range has included design-oriented home cinema audio systems, sound bars, speakers, headphones, mini hi-fi systems, automotive stereo products and video DVD products.

  1. ^ a b "Nimble Holdings Annual Report 2017/18". Nimble Holdings. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  2. ^ Guttenberg, Steve. "Nakamichi Dragon Cassette Deck". Home Theater magazine. Source Interlink Media. Retrieved 2013-08-14.