Beyerdynamic
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Audio electronics |
| Founded | 1924 in Berlin |
| Founder | Eugen Beyer |
| Headquarters | Heilbronn, Germany |
Key people | Supervisory board of directors: Shirley Beyer, John Midgley, Matthias Mühling, Andreas Rapp (CEO), Sebastian Strohm (CEO) |
| Products | Microphones, headphones, wireless audio systems and conference systems |
Number of employees | 500 worldwide |
Beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG (stylized as beyerdynamic) is a German manufacturer of microphones, headphones, wireless audio systems, and conference systems. Headquartered in Heilbronn, Germany, Beyerdynamic has been family-owned since its founding in 1924.[1]
In June 2025, Beyerdynamic announced plans for a sale to Chinese firm, Cosonic Intelligent.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]In the 1920s in Berlin, founder Eugen Beyer believed that cinema presented a new opportunity in communication media.[1] The first products he produced were loudspeakers for film palaces in 1924.[3] At the end of the 1930s, Beyer developed the first pair of dynamic headphones, the DT 48.[1][4] World War II temporarily froze production; however, in 1948, Beyerdynamic sought new beginnings in Heilbronn. The "Stielhörer" DT 49 became a popular item of "Plattenbars" (record-bars) in the 1950s.[5]
Beyerdynamic developed the highly directional ribbon microphone Beyerdynamic M 160 model in 1957, along with the figure-8 pattern M 130. These microphones contained dual ribbon aluminum elements suspended between alnico magnets. The M 160 went on to become a classic recording studio microphone, still in production after more than six decades.[6] The "transistophone", the company's first wireless microphone, went into production in 1962.[7] The Beatles' 1966 German tour used the E-1000 microphone.[5] Elton John, ABBA, and Stevie Wonder all sang into sound transformers produced by Beyerdynamic.[8] In 1985, Beyerdynamic acquired its then-North American distributor, Burns Audiotronics, which became its North American subsidiary. Today Beyerdynamic, Inc. have their own office headquartered in Farmingdale, New York.
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul all media reporting sites were equipped with headsets from Beyerdynamic.[9] In 1999, the new Bundestag in Berlin was fitted with Beyerdynamic's digital microphones.[10] Most recently, the TG1000 digital wireless system has been introduced.[citation needed]
See also
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- ^ https://porta-fi.com/cosonic-intelligent-to-acquire-beyerdynamic-in-e122-million-deal-targeting-global-growth/
- ^ beyerdynamic: About us Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
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External links
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- 1924 establishments in Germany
- Audio equipment manufacturers of Germany
- Companies based in Baden-Württemberg
- Companies based in Heilbronn
- Electronics companies established in 1924
- German brands
- Headphone amplifier manufacturers
- Headphones manufacturers
- Manufacturers of professional audio equipment
- Microphone manufacturers