02 / Company & ownership
Behind the brand.
Audio-Technica began in 1962 with phono cartridges made in a Tokyo apartment. Its engineering now spans transducers for listening, recording, broadcast and live sound.
Sources · previous brand research
- 1962
Hideo Matsushita starts Audio-Technica in a small apartment.
- 1974
The company expands its transducer knowledge beyond cartridges.
- Today
Listening, recording, broadcast and live sound share the engineering base.



