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The headphones
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Headphones originated from the telephone receiver earpiece, and were the only way to listen to electrical audio signals before amplifiers were developed. The first truly successful set was developed in 1910 by Nathaniel Baldwin, who made them by hand in his kitchen and sold them to the United States Navy.
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Beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG is a German company founded in Berlin in 1924 by Eugen Beyer. It is engaged in the manufacture of professional audio equipment such as microphones, headsets, wireless systems, and conference microphone systems, and its headquarters is located in the city of Heilbronn.
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AKG k120's came out,and had mora slick and comfortable dising compared to its predissors
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The World's First SP/3 Stereo Headphone. In 1958, John C. Koss teamed up with engineer Martin Lange, Jr. to develop a portable stereo phonograph player with side-wing speakers. ... The original SP/3 stereophone allowed listeners to experience sound as they had never before, forever changing the way we all listen to music
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The Koss ESP6 is the first electrostatic headphone made by Koss, back in the Jurassic period. Its age, size and weight make it a veritable dinosaur of headphones. However, to anticipate what follows, it shows up surprisingly well against more recent and more highly regarded products and it is more than a vintage phones curiosity piece.
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In 1979, Sony invented the Walkman, creating a need for portable headphones. Conveniently, a lightweight set of MDR-3L2 headphones was included with the portable cassette player. The 3.5 mm headphone jack was also made popular by Sony's Walkman, but was fi rst introduced in one of the Japanese company's transistor.
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In 1989, the Koss JCK/300 cordless headphone set the standard for infrared wireless headphones. By developing a new transmitter that delivered four times more power than conventional infrared headphone systems, Koss cut the cord and changed personal listening forever.
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1980’s – For the man who was prone to headphone hair, the 80’s offered the first solutions. Both the earbud and the in-ear headphone made their way onto the scene in the 80’s even though they wouldn’t reach their peak in popularity until one Steven Paul Jobs changed the music game years later.
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The first neckband headphones. This model introduced the idea of a headband that wraps around behind one's neck. The new style of outdoor listening that this design created certainly looks stylish. More comfortable than in-hear headphones, neckband headphones sound great and are easy to wear.
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2000 – Screaming babies and loud snorers met their match when Bose unveiled their QuietComfort line. Though pilots had been using noise-cancelling technology for decades, now passengers could also get some relief on loud flights (or in front of the TV with a nagging spouse)
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2001 – The iPod changed up the whole music universe. It became common to see people with a white cord running from their pocket to their ears multiple times a day. From their inception in 2001 to today, over 300 million iPods have been sold all with the accompanying pair of earbuds.
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2008 – Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine joined forces and, along with Monster, created Beats by Dre headphones. Designed with deep bass and great sound quality in mind (this is debatable), the Beats line quickly grabbed a large market share and could be seen on just about every NBA player as they walked from the bus to the locker room.
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2012 – Headphones have become as much about style as they are sound quality. This may never have been more relevant than when Lil Wayne wore these $1 million dollar pair of Beats
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is tecnology changing to fast ?
