Sennheiser sells Consumer Audio Divison

[leavenember]

Not sure how relevant this is to diy, but Sennheiser just sold off their consumer division to a hearing aid company.

https://en-us.sennheiser.com/newsroom/sonova-acquires-sennheiser-consumer-business-wpc768#
according to their annual report it's around half the company

https://en-us.sennheiser.com/annual-report
Any thoughts on this? Will this affect pro audio gear? Senn makes stuff for everyone: studio, broadcast, location... They also own Neumann so that might be in the air too. I know they have said in the past that their margins were slim on consumer headphones, but this is a bit of a shock to me.

 

[Whoops]

What products are on their Consumer Business?
Any products that relate to us?

 

[user 37518]

Do the HD 600 series headphones fall into the 'consumer' category?

 

[ruffrecords]

As a historical aside I find this news quite amusing. In the early 70s Neve was purchased by a hearing aid company. Later they sold it to Siemens and now a chunk of Siemens gets sold to a hearing aid company. Ironic or what?

 

[cyrano]

Was Sennheiser a part of Siemens?

Somehow, I've missed that...

 

[ruffrecords]

Was Sennheiser a part of Siemens?

Somehow, I've missed that...

Nope. It is my 70 year old brain making connections that don't exist.

Cheers

Ian

 

[user 37518]

Nope. It is my 70 year old brain making connections that don't exist.

Cheers

Ian

don't worry about it Ian.

 

[cyrano]

Nope. It is my 70 year old brain making connections that don't exist.

Cheers

Ian

No harm done. Happens to me at least on a daily basis, Ian.

 

[ruffrecords]

No harm done. Happens to me at least on a daily basis, Ian.

I think I need a recap

 

[Whoops]

 

[cyrano]

I think I need a recap

Be careful what you wish for...

https://www.theguardian.com/science...magneto-remotely-controls-brain-and-behaviour

 

[Winston OBoogie]

My head has something like 'paper-in-oils'. So I don't think I need a re-cap, more like a slow ramp up to normal operating levels so that stuff can hopefully re-form.

YMMV.