How many of us singing or listening to music using the microphone during a walk ... The history of audio and electronics in general passes them, starting with the genius of Thomas Alva Edison, or our Marconi. Concepts that now seem obvious, then led an innovation that today we are using and always remembered.
Fritz Sennheiser, founder of Sennheiser Electronic company specializing in audio equipment, died last May 17 at the age of 98 years.
Born May 9, 1912, was still a teenager when he built his first crystal radio, but never imagined he would one day become one of the leading manufacturers of microphones and headphones in the world. Fritz wanted to be a landscape gardener, but the years of economic depression soon made his vain dreams. The young man he decided to study electrical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin, the first step towards the construction of his empire for audio equipment. Sennheiser
if he drew well with his studies, so in the early forties he obtained a doctorate from the Heinrich Hertz Institute, where he worked as an engineer for a long time, allowing World War. During the Second World War, in fact, worked hard to provide technical support by the German army, offering its collaboration to decode Allied radio messages.
the war over, Sennheiser started his company in a small workshop where they worked seven employees, quickly becoming known in Germany. The turning point came shortly after, when the giant Siemens decided to buy a large amount of voltmeters from small businesses. The money orders, thanks to Sennheiser allowed to invest more resources in research, coming quickly to the production of a new model microphone around 1947, tells the New York Times.
Other products include Sennheiser's first open headphones. Introduced to the market in 1968, had the ear headphones and circular plates to be placed on the ears, unlike the ear buds that contained entirely concave ears.
the German company is recognized as the invention of the microphone shotgun, usually used on movie sets to record the voices of the actors at a distance, excluding the sounds and noises off-axis.
After a life spent among audio equipment and research laboratories to innovate their products, Fritz Sennheiser decided to retire in 1982, giving way to his son Jörg. The news of the death of the founder was communicated to customers, employees and to the fans on the website of the company.
The company now has over 2100 employees worldwide and is still entirely in the hands of the Sennheiser family, with production facilities in Germany, Ireland and the United States. In 2008, sales have reached $ 500 million.
History of European audio will remain inextricably linked to the name Fritz Sennheiser.
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