ABOUT BEHRINGER:
Symphony 440 Design Group is immensely gratified to be associated with the award winning Behringer, an audio equipment company founded by the Swiss engineer Uli Behringer in 1989, in Willich, Germany. Behringer, being listed as the 14th largest manufacturer of music products in 2007, is a multinational group of companies with direct marketing presence in over 10 countries or territories and a sales network in over 130 countries around the world. The Behringer philosophy is to provide professional audio products at prices affordable by every musician. Though originally a German manufacturer, the company now has its headquarters at China.
Behringer speakers, owned by Music Group is a holding company chaired by Uli Behringer, which also owns other audio companies such as Midas, Klark Teknikand Bugera, as well as Electronic Manufacturing Service Company Eurotec. In June 2012, Music Group acquired Turbosound Company involved in the design and manufacture of professional loudspeaker systems, formerly owned by Harman.
A Brief through Behringer’s History:
1989–2001: Foundation and early development:
Uli Behringer, the company's founder, was committed to music and technology at a very early age of around 16, when he had constructed a synthesizer.
While studying sound engineering and classical piano at the Robert Schumann conservatory in Düsseldorf, Behringer, due to the university’s limited equipment, started to build his own products. On popular request for his equipments from his students, he soon was receiving more orders than he could handle himself, leading to the creation of Behringer Inc. In the early days, Behringer focused on studio audio processors such as noise reduction systems and compressors, but the product line soon included guitar amps, PA amplifiers and loudspeakers, mixing boards, stompboxes, recording interfaces, microphones, digital pianos, guitars, lighting equipment, etc. Behringer's package of performance and low price is what made it appealing to people.
While Behringer products were primarily manufactured in Willich, Germany, many of the individual components were imported from mainland China. In 1990, to reduce on the production costs, Behringer shifted production from West Germany to mainland China. By 1997, Uli Behringer had relocated to Hong Kong to supervise manufacturing quality and to better understand Chinese culture.
Ear logo:
According to Uli Behringer, his piano teacher being impressed with his sense of perfect pitch nicknamed him "The Ear", which became an inspiration for the Behringer Ear logo. The highlighted "ING" stands for "diploma engineer", or the German academic title "Dipl.-Ing", which he received upon his graduation from the Fachhochschule Düsseldorf.
CoolAudio acquisition:
In May 2000, Behringer acquired the rights to the CoolAudio technology from Intersil Corporation, a US-based semi-conductor manufacturer. CoolAudio is a high-power Class-D amplification technology with power ratings up to 4,000 Watts and efficiencies up to 90%, which has been rated as high audio quality. The acquisition included an extensive intellectual property portfolio and licensees such as Alpine and Rowe, among others.
2002–2007: Behringer City:
In 2002, Behringer established its own factory, Behringer City, in Zhongshan of China's Guangdong province after it consolidated more than ten separate production locations into one vertically integrated plant. Comprising of eight buildings that are involved into electronics, speakers, guitars and digital pianos, it also hosts an onsite health clinic. Owning to run a self-contained plant allowed Behringer a greater level of quality control. The 1,200,000-square-foot (110,000 m2) manufacturing complex in Zhongshan ships more than 2.5 million Behringer speakers and products per year to markets all around the world.
Behringer University:
Inspired by lean manufacturing, and driven by the Kaizen philosophy of continual improvement, Behringer makes efforts to help its employees to improve. "Behringer University" supplies employees with training resources and E-learning courses to sharpen their career skills within the company by providing for management, career planning, health, language, and general knowledge courses.
Behringer mixer’s technological specifications:
- MIDAS technology: MIDAS has had a long history of innovation and leadership in the world of audio mixing consoles. Behringer is proudly associated with MIDAS designed mic preamps for the ultimate high quality audio reproduction in both live and studio environments.
- Behringer mixers:
- S, SD and SRC series for I/O interface
- DJX, VMX, DX and NOX series for DJ mixers
- RX and ZMX of standard sizes to fit any equipment racks.
- Behringer X32 and XR for digital mixing
- PMP series for professional powered Behringer mixers.
- Behringer headphones:
- Behringer speakers:
- Behringer microphones:
- Condenser microphones: Behringer Condenser microphones are the ideal choice for capturing vocals and acoustic instruments. They are capable of capturing more detail due to their wider, flatter frequency response and collects sound from throughout the environment rather than just directly in front of it.
- Large diaphragm microphones: Behringer provides gold-sputtered large-diaphragm condenser microphone for professional studio purposes. Designed and engineered in Germany, these have heavy duty suspension mount with an aluminium transparent case included.
- Dynamic microphones: The XM series Behringer dynamic microphones have several advantages which make them ideal for live vocal applications and for recording amplified instruments. Designed and engineered in Germany, they are robust, resistant to moisture and can achieve high gain before feedback. Best feature of these masterpiece is that they don’t require any phantom power.