Dynaudio

About Dynaudio

Dynaudio is a Danish manufacturer of high-quality loudspeakers founded in 1977, headquartered in Skanderborg, where the products are designed, produced and manufactured. The company produces its own loudspeaker drivers for Home Audio, Professional Audio, Car Audio and Multimedia, and develops OEM sound systems for automotive manufacturers such as Volvo, Volkswagen, Bugatti and BYD. A central manufacturing element is the in-house developed diaphragm material Magnesium Silicate Polymer (MSP), from which the cone diaphragms are formed from a single piece in a special process; voice coils are made from aluminium instead of copper. Digital signal processing (DSP) and fully active amplifier architectures are part of the system development. In the professional sector, Dynaudio monitors are used in studios such as the Abbey Road Studios and as reference monitors by the BBC. Dynaudio International GmbH in Rosengarten (near Hamburg) coordinates international marketing and sales activities. Since 2014, Dynaudio has been 83 % owned by the Chinese company Goertek Inc.; in 2015, the Danish audio systems manufacturer AM3D A/S was acquired.

Site

Skanderborg

Processes

Development and manufacturing of own loudspeaker drivers, OEM sound system development for automotive manufacturers, Digital signal processing (DSP), Active/wireless loudspeaker systems with integrated DAC/streaming

Materials

Magnesium Silicate Polymer (MSP), Aluminium

Founded

1977

Employees

ca. 200 (main sit

Industries

Home Audio / HiFi, Pro Audio / Recording Studios, Car Audio / Automotive Sound Systems, Custom Install, Multimedia, Multimedia / Gaming Notebooks

1. 01

   Development (acoustics, drivers, DSP)

2. 02

   Driver manufacturing including MSP diaphragms

3. 03

   System integration and tuning

4. 04

   Loudspeaker assembly

5. 05

   Marketing and sales (Rosengarten)

Materials & Processes

Sites

Skanderborg

DK

Main site: development, production, manufacturing

Materials

MSP diaphragms, aluminium voice coils

Rosengarten

DE

Dynaudio International GmbH – international marketing and sales activities

Components

Inside the production

History

1. 1977

   Founded in Denmark by Wilfried Ehrenholz, Gerhard Richter and Ejvind Skaaning

2. 1983

   Market launch of the Consequence loudspeaker with compound construction

3. 1990

   Became known through "Das Buch der Wahrheit" (The Book of Truth) and the slogan "Danes don't lie"

4. 1993

   Foundation of Dynaudio Acoustics with studio designer Andy Munro

5. 1994

   Volvo approaches Dynaudio regarding a high-end sound system for the V70 Coupé

6. 1997

   First high-end audio system in a production vehicle (Volvo V70 Coupé) at the Detroit Motor Show

7. 1999

   Flagship Evidence Master comes onto the market; partnership with TC Electronic

8. 2001

   Start of collaboration with Volkswagen

9. 2002

   25th anniversary (Special Twenty-Five); CES Innovation Award for DDC technology

10. 2004

    First Dynaudio sound system in a Volkswagen presented

11. 2005

    Introduction of the Focus series with Esotec+ drivers

12. 2007

    Entry into multimedia (MC15, Sub 250 MC); 30th anniversary, limited-edition Sapphire model

13. 2008

    Market launch of the Excite series

14. 2009

    Puccini Sound System in the Bugatti Veyron

15. 2012

    Xeo – first wireless loudspeakers; EISA Award 2012–2013

16. 2014

    Goertek Inc. (China) acquires 83 % of the company shares

17. 2015

    Acquisition of the Danish audio systems company AM3D A/S

18. 2017

    40th anniversary, Special Forty model; over 860,000 drivers manufactured for VW

19. 2018

    New Confidence series; Dynaudio Confidence Sound System in the VW Passat B8

20. 2022

    Cooperation with DeLorean for the fully electric DMC-12