Sennheiser, which has been manufacturing high-end headphones regionally for greater than 30 years, has introduced that an ‘audiophile expertise centre’ might be opening at its Tullamore premises this week.
The model mentioned that from this Wednesday (September 27) it “will open the doorways to its interior sanctum for the primary time, providing guided excursions by the state-of-the-art facility that’s residence to many audiophile staples, together with the celebrated HE 1”.
The brand new Sennheiser Audiophile Expertise Centre may also supply an intensive audio “tasting” of the varied headphones and earphones made on-site on the premises within the IDA Enterprise and Expertise Park.
The model can be providing audiophiles from everywhere in the world an opportunity to win “the journey of a lifetime” to the Tullamore campus through competitions on the Sennheiser social media channels and Reddit.
“All of it comes collectively in Tullamore: from the meeting of transducers proper by to the packaging of the completed headphones, guests can expertise the total journey our audiophile headphones take,” mentioned Jermo Köhnke, Sennheiser Audiophile Product Supervisor.
“We’re extraordinarily proud to open the Audiophile Expertise Centre and allow them to expertise audiophile innovation firsthand.”
The Sennheiser plant in Tullamore opened in 1991 and has lengthy been the principle facility for manufacturing the transducers utilized in most of the model’s audiophile merchandise.
It’s additionally the place the acclaimed Sennheiser HD 600 sequence headphones have been manufactured for over 20 years.
In 2022, the Sennheiser model took the choice to unite the transducer manufacture and headset meeting in Tullamore below one roof—a rarity within the headphone business.
Sennheiser mentioned this not solely improves transducer matching; it additionally enhances the general high quality and innovation that clients know and love from the model.
”Audiophile meeting shouldn’t be straightforward,” mentioned Pat Fulton, Sennheiser Tullamore Plant Supervisor.
“It takes lots of time and requires excessive precision and a spotlight to element in addition to lots of human interplay and keenness. All of that may be skilled right here in Tullamore – and our crew is proud to share that with our future guests from everywhere in the world.”
Considered one of many main audiophile headphone manufacturers, Sennheiser mentioned it has been getting ready for guests to expertise the magic and keenness with which these merchandise are made.
Throughout the guided tour, company won’t solely see how the transducers and headphones are assembled; every will get hands-on expertise constructing one in every of their very own, full with insights from key members of the Tullamore crew.
No audiophile tour can be full with out an up-close take a look at the meeting of the legendary HE 1, complemented by hands-on listening periods within the manufacturing unit’s devoted hi-fi room.
Within the coming months, the Sennheiser model will supply members of the audiophile group the possibility to win ‘golden tickets’, with which they are going to obtain an all-inclusive Tullamore manufacturing unit tour.
The model mentioned that, in an effort to guarantee an intimate and personalised expertise inside a dwell, dynamic manufacturing setting, Audiophile Expertise Centre excursions have been at the moment being offered on an invite-only foundation.
It mentioned extra particulars would comply with later this 12 months through the Sennheiser social media channels and Reddit.