beyerdynamic
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Audio electronics |
| Founded | 1924 in Berlin |
| Headquarters | Heilbronn, Germany |
| Key people | Eugen Beyer, founder Board of Directors Wolfgang Luckhardt, MD |
| Products | Specialist manufacturer and engineering company with a specific focus within the Conferencing and Transducer -headphones / headsets & microphones market segments |
| Employees | approx. 300 |
| Website | http://www.beyerdynamic.com/ |
Beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG is a German audio equipment manufacturer, which produces microphones, headphones, wireless audio systems and conference systems. Beyerdynamic remains a family owned company since it was founded in 1924.
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[edit] History
In the 1920s in Berlin Eugen Beyer recognised that the cinema presented a new opportunity in communication media. The first products he produced were loudspeakers for film palaces in 1924.[1] At the end of the 1930s Beyer developed the first dynamic headphone.[citation needed] World War II temporarily froze production, however, in 1948, beyerdynamic sought new beginnings in Heilbronn. The "Stielhörer" DT 49 became a cult item of "Plattenbars” (Record-Bars) in the 50’s.[citation needed] The "transistophone", the company's first wireless microphone, went into production in 1962. The 60’s brought accolade: The Beatles went on tour with the E-1000 microphone.[citation needed] Elton John, Abba, and Stevie Wonder all sing into sound transformers from beyerdynamic.[citation needed]
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul all media reporting sites were equipped with headsets from beyerdynamic.[citation needed] The new “Bundestag” in Berlin is fitted with digital microphones.[citation needed] The reporters from the Football World Cup in Germany use the DT 297 headset.[citation needed]
For several years now beyerdynamic has used new forms of targeting. The company promotes music festivals, promising new bands and sporting events with high-end equipment.[2]
In 2006 beyerdynamic introduced three new products. The new Opus 900 wireless systems, Headzone – the first mobile headphone system to allow professional monitoring with virtual 5.1 playback, and Revoluto, a new wireless conference microphone unit without a gooseneck microphone.[3]
The latest inventions until 2011 include high-end aviation headsets with digital noise reduction, individually manufactured headphones for iPod fans and hifi headphones with novel Tesla Technology.
[edit] Products
- Headphones – hifi headphones, in ear headphones, mobile headphones, headphones for studio and stage, headphone amplifiers, accessories;
- Headsets – aviation headsets, gaming and multimedia headsets, intercom and broadcast headsets, accessories;
- Microphones – microphones for stage and studio application, microphones for vocals and instruments, microphones for film and broadcasting, presentation, accessories;
- Conference Systems and Technology – voting systems, tour guide systems, installed sound and wireless microphones, tele and video conferencing, headphones and headsets for broadcast, commentators and interpreters, multimedia systems, conference and recording software, mixers, amplifiers and accessories;
- Manufaktur – Manufaktur hifi headphones, Manufaktur aviation headsets, Manufaktur gaming headsets, Manufaktur microphones;
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: beyerdynamic |
- beyerdynamic web site (German) (English)
- beyerdynamic UK web site (English)
- beyerdynamic USA web site (English)
