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The first headphones were introduced in 1880, and they weighed around 10 pounds! They would rest on your shoulder and they also had a microphone attached to it. -
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Headphone technology took a huge leap when French engineer Ernest Mercadier developed the first in-ear headphones. They resemble the earbuds we have today, but they were a bit larger. -
People could use headphones to hear the opera from their own home. They would grab it and hold it up to their ears. This was very expensive, so not many people would use it. -
The first modern headphones were made by a man named Nathaniel Baldwin. Baldwin was a creative man and even ran his own business. He created these headphones in his own kitchen one day, and would start what we know headphones as today. -
The DT-48's were the first dynamic headphones to hit the market. It was made a few decades before electrostatic headphones were invented, but this was still revolutionary to the advancement of headphones. -
The Koss SP - 3 was the first pair of stereo headphones to be created by John C. Koss. Koss would go on to dominate the headphone industry. -
The first wireless headphones were invented way before Bluetooth existed. These radio headphones, as the name suggests, had a built in fm/am radio antennas attached to 2 inch speakers in each padded ear cup. -
These headphones made by Sony, were the first headphones ever that you could use during activities such as skating, jogging, and much more. The reason for this is because these headphones are much smaller and lighter than their predecessors. -
Basically noise cancelling headphones work using a small microphone that captures all outside sound and generates an equal, opposite sound wave to cancel out the noise. -
Headphones in the form of earbuds started to become much more common and popular for their portability and comfort. People could run or do even extreme sports with these -
At this point, artists like Dr Dre were starting to rethink headphones designs to make them more marketable and noticeable. -
wireless headphones came out in 2010 for a more portable and unique take on headphones.