70 Years: Sennheiser’s Continuous Hunt for the Perfect Sound

2015 is Sennheiser’s 70th anniversary in the industry as an audio specialist. Setting new standards in terms of audio technology, Sennheiser was able to stick its reputation with:

• high quality products
• excellent sound
• numerous innovations

Has remained owned and operated by the Sennheiser family, the company is now headed by the family’s third generations, with CEOs Daniel Sennheiser and Dr. Andreas Sennheiser, grandchildren of founder Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser, leading the company.

Sennheiser has list of product innovations, which is extensive and impressive. Different innovations and developments have been created over the decades, which include:

• HD 414, the world’s very first open headphones
• Digital 9000 wireless microphone system
• MobileConnect, an inclusive audio-streaming solution for people with sight and hearing impairments

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The company was also able to receive a number of awards and patents. Some of which are:

• Emmy
• Grammy
• Scientific and Engineering Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Engineering Emmy‘s® Philo T. Farnsworth Award

Sennheisser CEO, Dr. Andreas Sennheiser, alongside his brother Daniel Sennheiser, said “In the past, our products have surprised and amazed the audio world over and over again. Why? Because they have gone beyond the common standard. As a result, nobody anticipated them.”

The History of the Sennheiser Company

Founded as Laboratorium Wennebostel or “Labor Q” in June 1, 1945 as a company producing tube volt meters, Sennheiser was founded by Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser, electric engineer by profession, in Wennebostel, Germany. The founder always had higher vision about the company, which is the factor that pushed it forward and expand throughout the years. A short timeline from the past includes:

1947: the company launched its first microphone developed in-house

1956: first “shotgun” microphone

1957: the company was already producing 100 different types of products

1958: Labor W was renamed Sennheiser Electronic- the inception of a brand

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Sennheiser promises to continuously drive and push the limits in their effort to help shape the future of the audio industry, with the new Innovation Campus as its proof for the strong foundation of this promise.

Daniel Sennheiser said, “Here, as at our worldwide innovation centres, we will work in cross-functional teams that bring together our breadth of expertise to shape unique solutions, such as ones to individualize audio content even more. In the future, we will align our product development even more closely to customers’ true needs, wherever they arise – on live stages, at professional studio productions, in offices, or simply while listening to music and relaxing – while always striving to achieve acoustic perfection.”