Harmon is the large audio conglomerate that owns AKG, Harmon-Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon, Mark Levinson, and probably a few other companies I can't think of. I was unofficially told by some folks there that the next target for quality audio will be, of all things, the laptop computer. This means that more than half the spectrum is lost with these squeaky speakers. Within the next year or so, CD music played on a laptop may actually sound good. Now all we need is a floppy disk-size subwoofer to go with the unit.
New technologies come from great creativity.
Look for the Zen Research logo on the CD-ROM drives of the future and you'll find products that result from great creativity. Zen Research has recently developed a 40X CD-ROM drive that takes unique advantage of slower rotation speed. Using seven beams, for example, would let a reliable 6X drive deliver 42X performance. The company expects to license its patented technology to most drive makers by year's end. True 40X and higher speeds give CD-ROM drives actual hard disk performance.