Dieter Burmester

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Dieter Burmester (born February 9, 1946 in Austria ; † August 15, 2015 in Berlin ) was a German entrepreneur and musician .

Burmester 877 preamplifier and 878 power amplifier

Life

Dieter Burmester was born in Austria, but moved to Germany with his parents when he was six months old . He grew up in Lüchow . He did an apprenticeship as a radio and television technician and did his military service with the Federal Border Police (BGS). From 1968 he studied electrical engineering and communications engineering in Berlin. After completing his studies, he founded an engineering office and developed medical measuring devices and computer interfaces.

Burmester was a passionate musician , and even before his studies he played full-time as bassist and singer in the beat band The Echos [ sic !], Later on tours under the name Some Folks . Even after his studies, he played concerts and took part in various band projects. From 1999 to 2007 he played with his band Past Perfect . He also collected guitars , composed and made music recordings in his private, professionally equipped studio.

Burmester's interest in music moved from the development of medical measuring devices to audio electronics: after an unsuccessful search for a suitable replacement for his defective hi-fi system, he converted one of his medical precision measuring devices into a preamplifier, the 777 prototype, in July 1977 . This preamplifier, continuously developed, is still the core element of its products and the model for the type designation of the following components (made up of the year 77 and the month 7).

In 1978 he founded in Berlin-Schöneberg the Burmester Audio Systems GmbH , the rapidly to the top of the German high-end sat -Industrie. His inventions and further developments include:

  • 1980: first preamplifier with plug-in modules for adapting to different signal sources
  • 1983: Fully balanced signal processing for home stereo components
  • 1987: DC-coupled signal path from the pickup system to the loudspeaker
  • 1987: remote-controlled volume control via a relay circuit
  • 1991: CD belt drive
  • 1994: Complete solution for cleaning the power supply
  • 1995: Loudspeaker system with free choice between active and passive signal crossover

Dieter Burmester "shaped, together with a golden generation of audiophile colleagues, a scene, an attitude towards life and ... a veritable branch of fine, elite manufacturers".

In addition to the audio systems, the company also offers sound systems for high-quality vehicles such as the Bugatti Veyron , the Porsche Panamera or the Mercedes Maybach through Burmester Automotive .

In 2003 he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Berlin Association of Self-employed Entrepreneurs (ASU).

Dieter Burmester died in August 2015 at the age of 69 after a short, serious illness in Berlin-Zehlendorf. He was married.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Matthies : Dieter Burmester died at the age of 69 , Der Tagesspiegel , August 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ Berliner Zeitung : "Chefsessel: Dieter Burmester" , August 7, 2013, last accessed August 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ Tim Seifert: Interview with Dieter Burmester on the website freundevonfreunden.com with photo series and video, June 29, 2012, last accessed on August 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ http://forgottenbands.blogspot.de/2011/03/next-band_1230.html . Accessed on August 17, 2015. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6arPAsV0B ( Memento from August 17, 2015 on WebCite ) )
  5. ↑ Entrepreneur Dieter Burmester ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Interview on the Bethmann Bank website from September 2013, accessed on August 20, 2015.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bethmannbank.de
  6. ↑ Bernd Matthies: Burmester: Voller Klang zu Lattem Preis , Der Tagesspiegel, May 14, 2004, accessed on August 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ Berliner Zeitung : A few minutes with John Lee Hooker from November 20, 2009, accessed on August 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ a b Wolfgang Tunze: Dieter Burmester . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 20, 2015, p. 20.
  9. ↑ Burmester Automotive website
  10. ↑ Spiegel-Online : High-End Music Systems in Cars: The Sound of Money from March 17, 2015, accessed on August 18, 2015
  11. ↑ Holger Appel: The world's most expensive car radio , faz.net of March 2, 2015, accessed on August 20, 2015.
  12. ↑ Bernd Matthies: Electronics that go to the heart , Der Tagesspiegel, March 6, 2003, accessed on August 20, 2015
  13. ↑ STEREO : "Dieter Burmester dies" , August 18, 2015, last accessed August 18, 2015.
  14. ↑ Audiomap.de: founder and owner Dieter Burmester died on August 18, 2015
  15. ↑ faz.net: A life for fine sound , August 19, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Burmester, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and musician
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Austria
DATE OF DEATH 15th August 2015
Place of death Berlin