Beyerdynamic

Founder Eugen Beyer’s life before he finally founded “Elektrotechnische Fabrik Eugen Beyer” in Berlin in 1924 makes for a very moving story. The family, who were from Russia, were on holiday in Berlin at precisely the moment that World War I broke out. They were unable to return to Russia and had to leave everything behind. The Beyer family took refuge in Sweden for some time before returning to Berlin in 1921. Eugen Beyer promptly began studying at the Technische Universität Berlin.

Fascinated by the motion pictures resulting from the emergence of cinema in the 1920s in Berlin, he felt it was his calling to add sound to the images. After all, cinema that doesn’t have any sound is like food that doesn’t have any flavour. He was sure that it was the logical next step and so set about producing his very own cinema loudspeakers.

As the saying goes, “sometimes you just have to forge your own path”, which certainly applied in this case. The company made huge progress in next to no time and new prospects opened up in other areas. As such, the first microphones and headphones were created. Young Mr Beyer’s dreams and vision quickly became reality. And so a success story spanning almost 100 years began.