audio electronics founded 1924 in berlin headquarters heilbronn germany key people eugen beyer founder supervisory board of directors shirley beyer fritz heuser john midgley matthias m hling dieter rapp prof. wolf m. nietzer chairman of the board wolfgang luckhardt robert winterhoff joint md s products specialist manufacturer and audio engineering company with a specific focus within the conferencing and transducer headphones headsets & microphones market segments number of employees approx . 300 website http www.beyerdynamic.com headphones by beyerdynamic dt 880 pro dt 770 m dt 770 dt 990 pro . beyerdynamic stylized beyerdynamic gmbh & co. kg is a german audio equipment manufacturer which produces microphones headphones wireless audio systems and conference systems . beyerdynamic has been family owned since its founding in 1924 . beyerdynamic is one of the oldest audio companies along with shure and rg jones sound engineering . most of their products are made in germany . contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit in the 1920s in berlin eugen beyer believed 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 pair of dynamic headphones . 2 world war ii temporarily froze production however in 1948 beyerdynamic sought new beginnings in heilbronn . the stielh rer dt 49 became a popular item of plattenbars record bars in the 50 s. 3 the transistophone the company s first wireless microphone went into production in 1962 . 4 the beatles 1966 german tour used the e 1000 microphone . 3 elton john abba and stevie wonder all sang into sound transformers produced by beyerdynamic . 5 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 . 6 in 1999 the new bundestag in berlin was fitted with beyerdynamic s digital microphones . 7 the reporters from the football world cup in germany use the dt 297 headset . 8 most recently the tg1000 digital wireless system has been introduced . products edit 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 ; see also edit list of microphone manufacturers references edit beyerdynamic about us listen closely a history of headphones . random history.com . retrieved 25 november 2012 . a b beyerdynamic einst und heute . . beyerdynamic.de . retrieved 25 november 2012 . i.p.c. business press limited january 1975 . wireless world . 81 394 http books.google.com books id nl4paqaamaaj & q beyerdynamic transistophone & dq beyerdynamic transistophone & hl en & sa x & ei xrgxujppjsayqqhepycqcg & ved 0ceaq6aewaa . retrieved 25 november 2012 . missing or empty title help dynamic headsets from beyerdynamic . truly gadgets . trulynet . retrieved 25 november 2012 . a history on dynamic headphones . the audio circuit . retrieved 25 november 2012 . beyerdynamic history . touslesmicrophones.com . retrieved 25 november 2012 . right in the thick of the action thanks to technology from beyerdynamic pdf . beyerdynamic gmbh & co. kg . retrieved 25 november 2012 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to beyerdynamic . beyerdynamic web site german english beyerdynamic uk web site english beyerdynamic usa web site english beyerdynamic iran web site english retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title beyerdynamic & oldid 706819073 categories headphones manufacturersmicrophone manufacturerscompanies established in 1924german brandsaudio equipment manufacturersheadphone amplifier manufacturershidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlspages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with local link same as on wikidataarticles with german language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olfran ais polskiportugu s svenska edit links this page was last modified on 25 february 2016 at 13 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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