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Loudspeakers
Applying Vienna piano-cabinet acoustics to loudspeakers, revived under the Brodmann name in 2004.
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about brodmann acoustics
Brodmann Acoustics builds loudspeakers around the cabinet-resonance principles of Viennese piano making, a lineage that traces back through the Bösendorfer piano house. The speaker program grew out of a 1998 partnership between Bösendorfer and acoustician Hans Deutsch for his loudspeaker designs; in 2004 the line was re-established under the Brodmann name, using the Brodmann piano heritage and the existing Vienna factory. The engineering idea is the inverse of conventional speaker design: rather than damping the enclosure into silence, Brodmann's Horn-Resonator cabinets are tuned to radiate sound from their surfaces the way a piano soundboard does, aiming for a large, room-filling presentation. The catalog runs from the compact Vienna Classic series through to the flagship full-range VC7, with the JB and Festival series filling out the line. In the US market Brodmann occupies a distinct niche on its piano-acoustics premise, competing with other design-led European floorstanders. North American distribution is handled by Robert Neill. The brand has a long show-report and review record — multiple Stereophile show reports, plus VC7 and model reviews in Enjoy the Music and Stereo Times — that gives dealers the editorial backing to position it as a conversation-piece floor brand. Design and production are based in Vienna, Austria.