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Company History
The company was originally established by Frederick Whitney Horn in 1910 as part of “Nippon Chikuonki Shokai" (Japan Recorders Corporation), a manufacturer of single-sided disc records and gramophones.
There followed a number of mergers and tie-ins over the next few decades as firstly the company merged with Japan-US Recorders Manufacturing in 1912 and then in 1928 the brand “Columbia” was introduced when the company became “Japan Columbia Recorders”. A further change of name occurred in 1946 when the company renamed itself “Nippon Columbia”.
The Denon brand was first established in 1947 when “Nippon Columbia” merged with “Japan Denki Onkyo”. “D&M Holdings Inc.” was created in May 2002 when Denon Ltd and Marantz Japan Inc. merged.
Today, the company is specializing in professional and consumer home cinema and audio equipment including A/V receivers, DVD players, tuners and wireless music systems. Denon is also known for high-end AV Receivers and Moving coil phono cartridges. Two M-series models, the Denon M31 and M30, have been the most successful radio hi-fi's for the last 4 years.Fact: date=June 2008 Since being released to the micro hifi DAB market, they have received several awards in Europe.Fact: date=June 2008
Product Timeline
1910 Manufacturer of single-sided disc records and gramophones.
1939 Launched first professional-use disc recorder for broadcast industry and disk cutting lathe.
1951 Commenced sales of Japan's 1st LP records.
1953 Launched professional-use tape recorder for broadcast industry.
1958 Introduced sales of stereo records.
1959 Commenced production of open-reel audio tapes.
1962 Introduced Elepian series of electronic pianos.
1963 Developed the DL-103 phono cartridge.
1971 Started producing hi-fi audio components, including turntables, amplifiers, tuners and speakers.
1972 Introduced the world's first viable 8 channel digital recorder.
1977 Awarded U.S. Billboard magazine's "Trend-Setter Award for outstanding contribution to the industry".
1980 Awarded the 13'th Montreux International Diplome d'honneur technique award.
1981 Developed a professional-use CD player.
1982 Industry leader in the introduction of consumer-use CD players.Fact: date=June 2008
1988 Introduced range of AV amplifiers to product range.
1990 Awarded three component awards at Paris hi-fi show.
1993 Developed the twin deck DJ CD player DN-200F. Other early models are the DN1000F, DN2000F and the DN2500F. Denon also made the world's only twin MiniDisc player designed for DJ use.Fact: date=June 2008
1994 Awarded European Audio Innovation of the Year.
1995 Worlds first Dolby AC-3 and THX 5.1 certified home theater system.
