Beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG (stylized as beyerdynamic) is a German manufacturer of microphones, headphones, wireless audio systems, and conference systems. Headquartered in

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, Germany, Beyerdynamic has been family-owned since its founding in 1924.

History

In the 1920s in

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, founder Eugen Beyer believed that

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presented a new opportunity in communication media. The first products he produced were

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s for film palaces in 1924. At the end of the 1930s, Beyer developed the first pair of dynamic

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, the DT 48. World War II temporarily froze production; however, in 1948, Beyerdynamic sought new beginnings in

. The "Stielhörer" DT 49 became a popular item of "Plattenbars" (record-bars) in the 1950s. Beyerdynamic developed the highly directional

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model in 1957, along with the figure-8 pattern M 130. These microphones contained dual ribbon aluminum elements suspended between

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magnets. The M 160 went on to become a classic recording studio microphone, still in production after more than six decades. The "transistophone", the company's first wireless microphone, went into production in 1962.

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' 1966 German tour used the E-1000

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, and

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all sang into sound transformers produced by Beyerdynamic. 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

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in Seoul all media reporting sites were equipped with headsets from Beyerdynamic. In 1999, the new ''

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'' in Berlin was fitted with Beyerdynamic's digital

s. The reporters from the

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used the DT 297 headset. Most recently, the TG1000 digital wireless system has been introduced.

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

References

External links

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History

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