Beyerdynamic

Infobox_Company | company_name = beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = "Feel the Energy of Sound"
foundation = 1924 in Berlin
location = Heilbronn, Germany
key_people = Eugen Beyer, founder
Wolfgang Luckhardt, Director
num_employees = around 400 (2008)
industry = Audio electronics
products = Audio electronics for consumer, professional, and business uses
revenue =
homepage = http://www.beyerdynamic.com/

beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG (spelled with a lower-case "b") is a German audio equipment manufacturer, which produces microphones, headphones, wireless audio systems and conference systems. Beyerdynamic has remained a family-owned company since it was founded in 1924.

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 [ [http://www.beyerdynamic.de/en/home/about-us.html beyerdynamic: About us ] ] . At the end of the 1930s Beyer developed the first dynamic headphone.Fact|date=June 2008 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.Fact|date=June 2008 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.Fact|date=June 2008 Elton John, Abba, and Stevie Wonder all sing into sound transformers from beyerdynamic.Fact|date=June 2008

At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul all media reporting sites were equipped with headsets from beyerdynamic.Fact|date=June 2008 The new “Bundestag” in Berlin is fitted with digital microphones.Fact|date=June 2008 The reporters from the Football World Cup in Germany use the DT 297 headset.Fact|date=June 2008

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.Fact|date=June 2008

In 2006 beyerdynamic introduced three new products. The new Opus 900 wireless system, Headzone – the first mobile headphone system to allow professional monitoring with virtual 5.1 playback, and Revoluto, a new conference microphone unit without a gooseneck microphone [ [http://www.beyerdynamic.de/en/home/about-us/history.html beyerdynamic: History ] ] .

Products

* "Conference and presentation" --- microphones and microphone systems, translation and tour guide systems, conference and recording software, mixers and amplifiers;
* "Music and performance" --- microphones, headphones, wireless systems, accessories;
* "Broadcast, studio, video and production" --- microphones, headphones and headsets, accessories;
* "Consumer products" --- microphones, headphones and headsets, accessories;
* "Aviation" --- aviation headsets.

ee also

*List of microphone manufacturers

External links

* [http://www.beyerdynamic.com/ beyerdynamic web site] (German, English).
* [http://www.beyerdynamic.co.uk/ beyerdynamic UK web site] (English).

References