Audio-Technica Corporation (株式会社オーディオテクニカ Kabushiki-gaisha Ōdio Tekunika), established in 1962 and headquartered in Tokyo,Japan  is a company that designs and manufactures professional wired and wireless microphones, headphones,  phonographic magnetic cartridges, and other audio equipment. One of their most famous products was a battery-operated, portable record player called Mister Disc that was sold in the U.S. in the early 1980s.

Their best selling handheld microphone, the Artist Elite AE5400, is regarded by the music communityas one of the best handheld condenser microphones available to buy. The microphones are used by some of the worlds top artists, notably, Justin Timberlake, Linkin Park, Metallica, Kiss, Skid Row, Puddle of Mudd, Killswitch Engage, and many others.

Audio Technica have been supplying all the microphones for the GRAMMY awards for the last 10 years, as well as completely kitting out TV shows like Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, as well as the Olympic and winter Olympic games in 1996, 2000, 2002 and 2004.

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