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Beyerdynamic

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The company was family-owned from its founding in 1924 until its sale to Chinese company Cosonic Intelligent in June 2025.[1]

Key facts and history

Founder Eugen Beyer founded "Elektrotechnische Fabrik Eugen Beyer" in Berlin in 1924 to produce loudspeakers for film palaces.[2] After World War II destroyed the Berlin factory, the company relocated to Heilbronn in 1948.[3] The M 160 was inducted into the NAMM TECnology Hall of Fame in 2019.[4] In the late 1930s, Eugen Beyer created the DT 48, which was the first dynamic headphone model.[2]

The M 19, Beyerdynamic's initial studio-grade dynamic microphone, was introduced in 1937.[3] The M 160, a ribbon microphone with strong directionality, was created by Beyerdynamic in 1957.[5] Cosonic Intelligent Technologies purchased Beyerdynamic in June 2025, with the transaction valued at 122 million Euros.[6]

What the cited sources add

A Fidelity Magazine article notes that Eugen Beyer was born in Stockholm in 1903 and grew up in St. Petersburg.[7] The same article states that the DT48 was introduced in 1937 and produced continuously until 2012.[7] According to a FOH Front of House Magazine report, the M 19 microphone was accepted as the reporting microphone of the Reich Broadcasting Corporation.[6] The Fidelity Magazine article reports that the DT 770, DT 880, and DT 990 headphone models were created in the 1980s.[7]

An audioxpress article notes that the company's newest generation earphones and earbuds are manufactured in China.[8] The same interview indicated that following the acquisition, Beyerdynamic items would still be hand-assembled and manufactured within Germany.[9]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Beyerdynamic" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Story", Beyerdynamic; "Century-Old German Brand Beyerdynamic Acquired", audioxpress.com; Staff, "Beyerdynamic Sold to Chinese Company", FOH Front of House Magazine, 2025-06-16 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Beyerdynamic" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Story", Beyerdynamic; "About us I beyerdynamic", europe.beyerdynamic.com; Polcyn, "Beyerdynamic 100th Anniversary", Fidelity Magazine, 2024-06-24; "Story", Beyerdynamic; "Listen Closely: A History of Headphones", RandomHistory.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Beyerdynamic" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Staff, "Beyerdynamic Sold to Chinese Company", FOH Front of House Magazine, 2025-06-16; Polcyn, "Beyerdynamic 100th Anniversary", Fidelity Magazine, 2024-06-24; "Beyerdynamic- Einst und Heute", Beyerdynamic; "Reel to Reel Tape Recorder Manufacturers Beyer - Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording", museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Beyerdynamic" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Staff, "Beyerdynamic Sold to Chinese Company", FOH Front of House Magazine, 2025-06-16 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Beyerdynamic" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Beyerdynamic M 160", TEC Awards (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Staff, "Beyerdynamic Sold to Chinese Company", FOH Front of House Magazine, 2025-06-16. facts only, no text reused. fohonline.com
  7. Polcyn, "Beyerdynamic 100th Anniversary", Fidelity Magazine, 2024-06-24. facts only, no text reused. fidelity-magazine.com
  8. "Century-Old German Brand Beyerdynamic Acquired", audioxpress.com. facts only, no text reused. audioxpress.com
  9. Wikipedia, "Beyerdynamic" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kabir, "I spoke to Beyerdynamic about the company's acquisition – and confirmed one crucial aspect", Yahoo! Finance, 2025-06-13 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Beyerdynamic (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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