Sennheiser

History 1956 - 1965

 
1956 The MD 93 microphone with reversible transducer acts as microphone and loudspeaker, e.g. in dictating machines.
1957 Lab W exhibits an RF wireless system for professional TV and stage use, developed in cooperation with German broadcaster NDR. From 1958, the system is marketed with Telefunken under the name Mikroport.
1958 Labor W is renamed Sennheiser electronic.
1959 MDS 1 stereo microphone.

1959 Hanover Technical University makes Fritz Sennheiser an honorary professor.
 
 
1960 Introduction of another microphone classic, the MD 421.
 
1961 Sennheiser builds its first answering machine for Telefunken.
 
1961 At the German Industrial Fair, Sennheiser shows the first samples of a radio frequency condenser microphone -  the birth of the famous MKH series.
 
1962 Sennheiser manufactures the first baby monitor, the so-called "Babysitter".
 
1965 M 101 mixer.
1965 Launch of the audiophile Philharmonic . hi-fi system - the first to use active loudspeakers.
 
 

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