Small + Hummel is an enterprise resident in Ostfildern, studio and acoustic irradiation equipment of elevated quality was based it after the Second World War of walter Hummel, refuge small and Heinrich hums briefly (the latter did not receive an attention in the name).

''' "The rendition must be so good that it particularly corresponds to that original presentation in the tone quality. Therefore we talk about fidelity. " '''

Walter Hummel this sentence wrote in the year 1935 a engineer from Heilbronn in the magazine "radio pictorial". The author of the contribution: Walter Hummel, one the joint founder of the company KLEIN+HUMMEL. The basic idea to its own company goes back far, into the years of the Second World War. At that time walter Hummel as well as the buyer refuge small and Heinrich worked hums as technical draughtsmen in Stuttgart works of the former WEGA.

After the end of the war the independent work began immediately in the midst of the bomb rubble of Stuttgart. After one had a whole floor "organized", one repaired in the Schickhardtstrasse Since also the appropriate measuring instruments were missing, one developed these directly in addition. The material procurement was at that time extraordinarily difficult; often enough it went to foot (!) in 10 km Esslingen removed to a wholesale dealer, who sold to tubes, condensers and resistances at regular realm Mark prices. Work was meanwhile enough present, so that with the time already 10 coworkers belonged to the enterprise. The first "correct" order came immediately: 100 signal generators. When the place became too close, one "emigrated". The manufacturing was shifted into the king route in the midst of of Stuttgart. One produced in those years above all measuring and testing sets for radio and television.

At this time the "swabia radio" developed, a HiFi shop (seen after today's yardsticks) in the deer route in the city center of Stuttgart, where one sold broadcast and television sets. Because the place was not sufficient any longer, the manufacturing was soon again shifted, to Stuttgart - bath Cannstatt.in the Haffnerstrasse.Der first larger success for the young entrepreneurs adjusted itself however only with the radio exhibition 1953 in Duesseldorf. There KLEIN+HUMMEL own amplifiers issued, among them also the first German ELA amplifier (V 111). Those at that time well-known mark DUAL became in the meantime attentive on KLEIN+HUMMEL, and so one produced after a development in Stuttgart bath CAN place exclusively for DUAL amplifier for the famous "Phonokoffer". Likewise one began in the same building with the manufacturing of loudspeaker boxes. This - and also, one knew different products of the house, e.g. the Tuner of FM 10 at that time also than (first-resembled) kits (!) acquire. End of the 50's became the place despite cultivation in bath CAN place finally too closely. Thus the entrepreneurs decided to establish in that straight again opened industrial area in Kemnat, only not far far away from Stuttgart airport on the Fildern, their own factory building; it was referred on 29 September 1959.

First instrumentation devices for the broadcast and later were manufactured also television industry, professional low frequency amplifiers as well as ELA plants. For approx. 1955 K produced + H also HiFi amplifier and Tuner, which have today still another excellent call and because of their outstanding sound looked for collecting objects are. Starting from approx. 1960 also equipment for Tonstudios was produced, since 1979 predominantly dedicated themselves to small + Hummel this product range, in addition, still ELA plants are manufactured. The Firmenlogo is a white K+H on red reason, also frequently this indication is used as company name (similarly as B&W).

With effect to the 1. March 2005 transfers the SMALL + HUMMEL GmbH, Ostfildern their selling and Entwicklungsbereiche to the Sennheiser GmbH & CO. Kg, Wdemark eund thereby the world-wide selling, mark and product rights. These functions are noticed by a again created Sennheiser subsidiary, the K+H selling and development company. The mark K+H is continued and continued to develop. The manufacturing plant of SMALL + HUMMEL in Ostfildern continues to exist independently.

SMALL + HUMMEL made itself in its history a name particularly within the range of the Studiomonitore, in addition, in other areas of the electroacoustics and acoustic irradiation technology. Apart from a broad product spectrum the enterprise orders over a high measure of know-how in the loudspeaker and amplifier range. Sennheiser is already for a long time the most important selling partner for SMALL + HUMMEL products at home and abroad.

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• Website: http://www.klein-hummel.de/
• Scientific articles in the environment of K+H/AES/TMT/RTWH Aachen

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