Audio Research Corporation
Allan Haggar has a diverse work experience in the audio industry. Allan currently serves as the VP of Sales at Audio Research Corporation, a position they have held since 2022. Prior to that, from 2017 to 2022, Haggar worked as the Director of Sales at KEF America. From 2015 to 2017, they were the Brand Manager at McIntosh Group Inc., overseeing the launch and management of the Sumiko Subwoofer brand. From 2001 to 2017, Haggar held the role of Regional Sales Manager at Sumiko/Wolf Cinema, where they established distribution channels in the upper Midwest. Allan also has experience as a System Designer at Overture Audio from 1999 to 2000, focusing on the sales and calibration of high-end residential audio/video systems.
Allan Haggar received a BA in Music-Voice Performance from the University of Michigan, where they studied from 1995 to 2000. Before that, they attended both Hinsdale Central High School and Northville High School, but no specific degree or field of study is mentioned for these institutions.
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Audio Research Corporation
Audio Research is one of the oldest continually operating manufacturers in American audio. The company was founded in 1970 in Minneapolis, Minnesota with one goal in mind: to advance the state-of-the-art in music reproduction. Today, Audio Research remains a performance-oriented company by philosophy and design. New product introductions are driven only by genuine advances in technology and performance -- the HIGH DEFINITION that is the hallmark of the company's products. The company has grown steadily over the last 40 years, with a network of top audio specialist retailers across North America and distributors throughout Europe, Asia and South America. The company occupies a 48,000 square-foot, technically-advanced production plant and administrative headquarters in Plymouth, Minnesota, where approximately 50 technical, assembly and support staff guide the product line from concept to finished goods. Audio Research was instrumental in refocusing the audio industry on designing products for musical performance, and not merely for the sake of new technology or mass-market pricing. Audio Research was founded by William Z. Johnson, who began designing custom audio electronics in the early 1950's and who also operated a specialty audio retail store until the mid-1960's. Johnson's efforts almost single-handedly revived vacuum-tube designs at a time when major industry manufacturers had abandoned this technology in favor of low-cost solid-state devices which were markedly inferior in terms of musical accuracy, a fact widely acknowledged today. Many industry observers consider Johnson one of the true originators of the entire concept of "high-end" audio as it exists today -- an area of technological expertise in which American companies remain the clear innovators and leaders on a global scale.