Throughout the World Cup, people can vote for their favorite design on the Sennheiser site. The 15 most popular will be used for limited edition HD 418 headphones. The HD 418 are known for their impressive bass reproduction and urban design.

For more information and to vote, visit the official website of Sennheiser’s Rhythm In You project.

To find out more about the Sennheiser HD series, click here.

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Fritz Sennheiser built his first radio at the age of 11 from copper wire and a 20 meter long radio antenna. Obviously interested in electronics and telecommunications, he directed his studies towards engineering. His first major work included the construction of a giant reverberation unit attached to a modified piano that was used for the opening ceremony of the Berlin Olympics, in 1936.

The company was founded in 1945 in a telecommunications laboratory that had been abandoned by the British. This was in post-war Germany and the laboratory, with very little equipment, employed only seven people. Today, more than 2,100 employees work there. The Sennheiser name is synonymous with quality and excellence across a large range of headphones, microphones and wireless transmission systems. The company is headquartered in Connecticut and has representation in 60 countries.

In addition to leading the family business, Fritz Sennheiser taught part-time at the University of Hannover until he was 68.

For a condensed and extremely interesting biography of  Fritz Sennheiser, the visionary that he was, click here.