Sennheiser

History 1986 - 1995

1987

Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser is honored at the 59th Academy Awards for the MKH 816 shotgun microphone.

1987 Sennheiser develops NoiseGard active noise eduction for Lufthansa.
1988 Founding of Sennheiser France.

 
1988 Introduction of synthesizer tech-nology in RF wireless trans-mission.

 
1989 Development of the WM 1, the world’s first wireless mixer for outside broadcasts.
1990 Founding of a third production plant in Tullamore, Ireland.
1990 Founding of Sennheiser UK.

 
1991 Founding of Sennheiser Electronic Corporation, USA.

 
1991 Studio microphone specialist Georg Neumann GmbH, Berlin, becomes part of the Sennheiser Group.
1991 Founding of Sennheiser Belux.

 
1991 Founding of Sennheiser Canada.

 
1991

Launch of the best headphones in the world, the electrostatic Orpheus with tube amplifier.

1992 Founding of Sennheiser Asia.

 
1993

Launch of the world’s first digital infrared headphones, the IS 850 system.

1993 Launch of the SKM 5000 radio microphone, a wireless classic.
1995
Sennheiser launches its first RF wireless headphone system, the RS 5.
1995
Opening of Sennheiser Nederland.

 
1995
Founding of Sennheiser Mexico.

 
 

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