Burmester Audiosysteme

Burmester Audiosysteme GmbH, commonly referred to as Burmester, is a German manufacturer of high-end audio components. The company is based in Berlin-Schöneberg and was founded in 1977 by an Austrian-born musician and engineer Dieter Burmester (1946–2015).[1]

History

Burmester Audiosysteme got its beginning in 1977. As a musician since his early days, Dieter Burmester always wanted to make his audio components and loudspeakers reproduce music as naturally and purely as possible.[4][5]

It was the malfunction of a faulty preamplifier that caused the development of the first Burmester product. Because the products on the market couldn't satisfy Dieter Burmester's high demands, he built his own preamplifier, the Burmester 777 in July 1977 from parts of medical machines, which he produced in his own engineering office.[6]

Products

Burmester offers its products in three product lines and price points: Classic Line, Top Line, and Reference Line.[10] As an extension to the traditional product lines, the Burmester Phase 3 is offered as an all-in-one home music system.[11]

All Burmester products are developed in Berlin, manufactured by hand and distributed by dealers in around 50 countries on 5 continents. Most of the component parts are sourced from Germany.[4]

Burmester Automotive

In 2005, Burmester Automotive was founded to develop hi-fi sound systems for cars.

Bugatti

Burmester started with a sound system for the Bugatti Veyron.[12]

Porsche

With the introduction of the Porsche Panamera sports vehicle in 2009, the Burmester Surround Sound System was introduced as an optional equipment. Within the following years the Burmester system could also be found on the option list for all other Porsche models.

Mercedes-Benz

The cooperation with Mercedes-Benz also started in 2009. Together the companies developed two new audio systems, in particular for the S-Class model. In the following years more sound systems have been introduced for the C-Class, the V-Class and the E-Class. In line with the partnership, sound systems for the Mercedes-AMG GT [13] and the Maybach S-Class have been developed as well.[14]

Burmester's sound systems in the models of Porsche and Mercedes-Benz offer three different default settings: Pure, Smooth, and Live. The 3D-mode is only available in the Mercedes-Benz S-Class,[15]

Bugatti

Burmester started with a sound system for the Bugatti Veyron.[12]

Porsche

Mercedes-Benz

Burmester's sound systems in the models of Porsche and Mercedes-Benz offer three different default settings: Pure, Smooth, and Live. The 3D-mode is only available in the Mercedes-Benz S-Class,[15]

type	Private
industry	Consumer electronics
founded	1977‡R1R‡
founder	Dieter Burmester
hq location city	Berlin-Schöneberg
hq location country	Germany
area served	Worldwide
key people	Andreas Henke (Co-CEO)‡R2R‡ Marianne Burmester (Co-CEO)
products	High-end audio components Loudspeakers Car audio systems
num employees	<100 (2017)‡R3R‡
homepage	https://www.burmester.de

Burmester Audiosysteme

History

Products

Burmester Automotive

Bugatti

Porsche

Mercedes-Benz

Bugatti

Porsche

Mercedes-Benz

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