Company Overview

Founded in 1981 in a small village outside Stuttgart in Germany d&b audiotechnik have grown, through their fondness for consistency and their endeavor to elevate the quality of sound systems to accurately transfer passions, to become an industry leader in systematic building of high specification loudspeakers. 

Becoming a market leader defining the standard for technology and quality comes with responsibility to be progressive, d&b audiotechnik do not fail to continuously elevate the quality of sound systems for the benefit of listeners, users, owners and business. A brand who strive for better life, art, society and enterprise: today and tomorrow.

When and How the Partnership Started

Long been admirers of their products, Backstage Academy approached d&b audiotechnik UK in 2016 with a view to establishing a partnership and the mutual benefits therein. 

How We Work Together 

• Our students enjoy ready access to a variety of loudspeaker enclosures, controllers and processors.
• On campus delivery of d&b’s renowned electro-acoustic anb software masterclasses.
• Students become familiar with d&b products and the brand in general
• d&b are able to recruit Backstage Academy students for both casual and full time employment and work based learning opportunities.

“d&b has a long-term commitment to training; the company took the opportunity of  being an early adopter here and is now one of a number of companies reaping a return on investment. Everyone gets something out of it, with the reward of seeing students progressing through the ranks,”

Miles Marsden 

Industry Partnerships Director

“d&b has developed a very strong educational programme. The resulting knowledge transfer skillset has attracted the attention of many educational establishments, including Backstage Academy, with whom we have been working for several years. We have already helped to establish live sound reinforcement as a vital part of their curriculum, enabling students to develop a keen awareness both of audio techniques in general and of our systems.

Having use of the facilities is a huge benefit, but the other interesting aspect of Backstage Academy is its link to Production Park [the onsite live events production community]. It is what they are pulling together in terms of technological development, and their vision in the technical and creative future of production, that is attracting us.”

Stephen Hogg

Director at d&baudiotechnik