headphones

first headphones

1881

More than ten pounds
Used by telephone operator women
weren’t used in homes

2nd headphones

1895

first headphones for personal in home
Looked like stethoscopes

Third headphones

1910

First really successful pair
Used by military
Invented in a kitchen

fourth headphones

1937

First successful pair that was sold to the public

Fifth headphones

1949

Same thing but better looks and quality

sixth headphone

1958

First stereo headphones
Sound went straight into ear

seventh

1959

Made in Tokyo
First electrostatic headphones

eighth

1968

U.S.'s version of electrostatic headphones
lightest by that time weighing 2 pounds

9th

1979

first truly portable headphones

tenth

1980

made to deal with hair smaller than many headphones

11th

1997

this one was the solution to hair
could cancel out noise on a small scale

12th

2000

best noise cancelers of that time

earbuds

2001

first earbuds created
looked like the ones you know today

14th

2008

beats came becoming the best headphones in all areas

beats

2010

started all new wireless headphones

diamond beats

2012

Lil Wayne had $1,000,000 custom diamond beats made for himself

wireless headphones

2012

the first wireless headphones made by beats

onwards

2013

2013 and onward basically beats became the most popular headphones and even though others were made by other companies they weren't bought as much by customers( these aren't every single headphones ever that would close to impossible with every single company always producing headphones)