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The German audio equipment manufacturer Sennheiser electronic SE & Co. KG has its headquarters located in Wedemark.[1] Microphones, headphones, and loudspeakers are among the professional audio products that this company focuses on.[1]

Key facts and history

Fritz Sennheiser founded the company as Laboratorium Wennebostel in 1945 with seven fellow engineers.[2][3] The company's first product was a voltmeter.[4] The MD 421 dynamic microphone, introduced in 1960, remains in production over 60 years later.[5][6] Sennheiser introduced the world's first open-back headphones, the HD 414, in 1968.[7]

Daniel Sennheiser and Andreas Sennheiser became co-CEOs in July 2013.[8][9] Sonova Holding AG acquired Sennheiser's consumer audio division in May 2021.[10] The name change from Labor W to Sennheiser electronic occurred in 1958.[11][9] A limited partnership (KG) structure was adopted by the company in 1973.[12][9]

Georg Neumann GmbH, a manufacturer of studio microphones, was purchased by Sennheiser in 1991.[13][9]

What the cited sources add

The same article states that the MD 421's original body was made of DuPont Delrin polymer resin.[6] The museum also notes that Sennheiser was awarded at the 59th Academy Awards for its MKH 816 shotgun microphone in 1987.[9] Sennheiser's own history page states that the company launched the HD 25 headphones and later the HD 800 reference headphone.[3] The Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording states that Thomas Schillinger was given the job of establishing Sennheiser's operations in the United States.[9]

The Fast-And-Wide website explains that the Ambeo Music Blueprints serve as a guide for capturing and mixing live music in a 3D audio format.[14]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Sennheiser" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Annual Report – Sennheiser", en-de.sennheiser.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Sennheiser" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Fritz Sennheiser gestorben", Heise Online, 19 May 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. "Our history", Sennheiser. facts only, no text reused. sennheiser.com
  4. Wikipedia, "Sennheiser" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Joseph, "The 'Made in Germany' Champion Brands: Nation Branding, Innovation and World Export Leadership", Gower Publishing, 28 January 2014, p. 396; Frangoul, "Family Affair: Rise of the Mittelstand: How Sennheiser kept it in the family", CNBC, 19 November 2014 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Sennheiser" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Petersen, "Sennheiser Celebrates 60 Years of the MD 421", 10 October 2020; "Sennheiser - Reel to Reel Tape Recorder Manufacturers - Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording", museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org; Staff, "Sennheiser Electronic Corporation Celebrates 20th Anniversary As U.S. Headquarters In Connecticut", ProSoundWeb, 2011-09-20; Staff, "Sennheiser Electronics Corp.—40 Years of Innovation", Mixonline, 2004-05-18 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Petersen, "Sennheiser Celebrates 60 Years of the MD 421", 10 October 2020. facts only, no text reused. fohonline.com
  7. Wikipedia, "Sennheiser" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Roessler, "Neumann: The Microphone Company: A Story of Innovation, Excellence and the Spirit of Audio Engineering", PPVMedien, 2003 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Sennheiser" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sennheiser - Our History", en-de.sennheiser.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. "Sennheiser - Reel to Reel Tape Recorder Manufacturers - Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording", museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org. facts only, no text reused. museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Sennheiser" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Expanding our offering and entering new growth markets – Sonova to acquire Sennheiser Consumer Division", Sonova.com; "Consumer Electronics Division", en-de.sennheiser.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Sennheiser" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Our history", Sennheiser (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Sennheiser" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sennheiser - Reel to Reel Tape Recorder Manufacturers - Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording", museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org; "Our history", Sennheiser (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Sennheiser" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Roessler, "Neumann: The Microphone Company: A Story of Innovation, Excellence and the Spirit of Audio Engineering", PPVMedien, 2003; Staff, "Sennheiser Electronic Corporation Celebrates 20th Anniversary As U.S. Headquarters In Connecticut", ProSoundWeb, 2011-09-20 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  14. "Sennheiser Ambeo Music Blueprints website launched", Fast-And-Wide.com. facts only, no text reused. fast-and-wide.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Sennheiser (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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