Dynaudio
Encyclopedia
Dynaudio is a Danish
loudspeaker
maker, founded in 1977. Originally Dynaudio built speakers using their own crossover but relying on OEM drivers, but later they started to make their own drivers. Dynaudio has a subsidiary called Dynaudio Acoustics that focuses on professional studio monitor
loudspeakers.
Today, Dynaudio is the OEM audio supplier to Swedish automaker Volvo Cars
Corporation and German automaker Volkswagen
. Dynaudio supplies high quality speakers, amplifiers, and acoustics to the entire Volvo vehicle range including the new Volvo XC60
from 1996 in the Volvo S70
and the Volvo C70
. The top end sound packages boast Dynaudio badges in the cabin of the vehicle although all of the sound equipment on the lower end sound packages have dynaudio speakers and amplifiers. Volkswagen
vehicles followed Volvo
by employing Dynaudio as its OEM speaker maker, but not all Volkswagen
models come equipped with Dynaudio Sound Systems.
Dynaudio has also worked with computing OEM Micro-Star International
in producing the sound system for their GX660 notebook range, released in 2010. During this time it was allegedly the best audio system conceived for a notebook computer.
loudspeaker equipment such as studio monitors. In 1999, Dynaudio Acoustics became partners with TC Electronic
. Some major recording studios that use Dynaudio Acoustics products are Air Lyndhurst, NRG Studios, and The Hit Factory
. Record producer
s Mike Hedges
, Trevor Horn
, Steve Lipson, and Mutt Lange do as well. Tom Holkenborg states, "For monitoring my stereo and surround mixes I rely on my Dynaudio Acoustics AIR 25 midfield systems."
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
loudspeaker
Loudspeaker
A loudspeaker is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input. Non-electrical loudspeakers were developed as accessories to telephone systems, but electronic amplification by vacuum tube made loudspeakers more generally useful...
maker, founded in 1977. Originally Dynaudio built speakers using their own crossover but relying on OEM drivers, but later they started to make their own drivers. Dynaudio has a subsidiary called Dynaudio Acoustics that focuses on professional studio monitor
Studio monitor
Studio monitors, also called reference monitors, are loudspeakers specifically designed for audio production applications such as recording studios, filmmaking, television studios and radio studios where accurate audio reproduction is crucial....
loudspeakers.
Today, Dynaudio is the OEM audio supplier to Swedish automaker Volvo Cars
Volvo Cars
Volvo Car Corporation, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish automobile manufacturer founded in 1927, in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. Volvo was originally formed as a subsidiary company to the ball bearing maker SKF. When Volvo AB was introduced on the Swedish...
Corporation and German automaker Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...
. Dynaudio supplies high quality speakers, amplifiers, and acoustics to the entire Volvo vehicle range including the new Volvo XC60
Volvo XC60
The Volvo XC60 is a compact crossover SUV produced by Volvo Cars at the Volvo Cars factory in Ghent, Belgium and is based on Volvo Y20 platform. In 2009, the Volvo XC60 was Volvo's best selling car.-XC60 concept :...
from 1996 in the Volvo S70
Volvo S70
The Volvo S70 is a mid-size luxury car produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo Cars from 1998 to 2000. The S70 was the saloon/sedan, and the similar V70 the estate/station wagon; they both represented mainly new styling and revised suspensions from the 1993 through 1997 Volvo 850...
and the Volvo C70
Volvo C70
The Volvo C70 is a luxury automobile manufactured by Volvo Cars in two generations: the first from model years 1997-2002 as coupé and from 1999 to 2006 as a softtop convertible...
. The top end sound packages boast Dynaudio badges in the cabin of the vehicle although all of the sound equipment on the lower end sound packages have dynaudio speakers and amplifiers. Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...
vehicles followed Volvo
Volvo
AB Volvo is a Swedish builder of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace components and financial services...
by employing Dynaudio as its OEM speaker maker, but not all Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...
models come equipped with Dynaudio Sound Systems.
Dynaudio has also worked with computing OEM Micro-Star International
Micro-Star International
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd is a Taiwan-based electronics company and one of the world's largest motherboard and video card manufacturers.-Overview:MSI is one of the top three motherboard and video card manufacturers worldwide...
in producing the sound system for their GX660 notebook range, released in 2010. During this time it was allegedly the best audio system conceived for a notebook computer.
Dynaudio Acoustics
The pro audio division of the company, Dynaudio Acoustics, focuses on recording studioRecording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
loudspeaker equipment such as studio monitors. In 1999, Dynaudio Acoustics became partners with TC Electronic
TC Electronic
TC Electronic is a Danish audio equipment manufacturer.Its current product ranges include guitar effects, bass amplification, computer audio interfaces, audio plug-in software, live sound equalisers, studio and post production equipment, studio effect processors and broadcast loudness processors...
. Some major recording studios that use Dynaudio Acoustics products are Air Lyndhurst, NRG Studios, and The Hit Factory
The Hit Factory
The Hit Factory was a recording studio in New York City famous for its clientele. It was officially closed for business April 1, 2005 whereas other Hit Factory studio locations remained open, such as in Miami, Florida.-History:...
. Record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
s Mike Hedges
Mike Hedges
-Career:Mike Hedges started as a tape-op at Morgan Studios in London in the late 1970s. Having graduated to engineer, he went freelance in 1981 and became an engineer/producer....
, Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn
Trevor Charles Horn CBE is an English pop music record producer, songwriter, musician and singer. He was born in Houghton-le-Spring in north-east England....
, Steve Lipson, and Mutt Lange do as well. Tom Holkenborg states, "For monitoring my stereo and surround mixes I rely on my Dynaudio Acoustics AIR 25 midfield systems."