Infinity Prelude MTS Loudspeaker Wins Prestigious Athenaeum Museum GOOD DESIGN Award.

WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1999--

Infinity Systems, Inc. today announced that its Prelude MTS loudspeakers have won a prestigious 1999 GOOD DESIGN(R) Award from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. The Prelude MTS loudspeakers are currently featured as part of the Museum's GOOD DESIGN exhibition and will enter into the Museum's permanent collection.

"This award truly validates one of the key elements of what the Infinity brand has and will continue to stand for," noted Eli Harary, Infinity Brand Manager, "namely, to combine the most advanced home entertainment technologies with innovative aesthetic designs in order to create products that are literally worthy of museum exhibition. As we introduce our Prelude MTS loudspeaker, we are hearing from customers and industry reviewers alike how much they appreciate both the high-performance and stunning design of the product. We're delighted that such a prestigious and respected institution as the Chicago Athenaeum agrees."

The Infinity Prelude MTS was one of 100 products selected from over 2,000 submissions from 48 countries. The Prelude MTS will be part of the Chicago Athenaeum's GOOD DESIGN show, opening as a benefit for the Care, Conservation and Public Education Programs of the Museum's Permanent Design Collections. After the exhibition, the Prelude MTS will be entered into the Museum's Permanent Design Collection.

The new Infinity Prelude MTS is a technologically-advanced, distinctively-designed stereo and home-theater loudspeaker system incorporating Infinity's groundbreaking Ceramic Metal Matrix Diaphragm (C.M.M.D.) driver technology and Room Adaptive Bass Optimization System (R.A.B.O.S.) to achieve a new level of sonic accuracy and musicality. The Prelude MTS utilizes a one-inch tweeter, a 3-1/2-inch midrange, four 5-1/4-inch mid-bass C.M.M.D. drivers and an integrated 12-inch, 850-watt C.M.M.D. subwoofer to re-create the musical and home-theater experience with utterly breathtaking fidelity and emotional impact.

The loudspeaker's appearance is as exceptional as its performance and technology--a stunningly beautiful, gracefully contoured, anodized-aluminum enclosure complemented by the polished, exotic-wood finish of its subwoofer module.

The GOOD DESIGN competition is the oldest and most important design competition worldwide. It was founded in Chicago in 1950 by Edgar J. Kaufmann, Jr., along with American and modern-design pioneering greats Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, Alexander Girard, George Nelson, Florence Knoll, Harry Bretoia, Finn Juhl and Russel Wright. The jury of noted design-industry experts based their decisions on aesthetic criteria measuring innovation, form, materials, construction, concept, function, and utility.

The Harman Consumer Systems Group (HCSG) is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of a wide range of high-fidelity loudspeakers, audio and video components and multimedia systems for use in homes and automobiles, and with computers. The Group's brands include JBL, Infinity, Harman Kardon, Mark Levinson, Revel, Proceed and Audioaccess.

HCSG is a division of Harman International Industries, Inc. Harman International (www.harman.com) is a leading manufacturer of high-quality, high-fidelity audio and video products for the consumer and professional markets. The Company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HAR."

GOOD DESIGN is a registered trademark of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.