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Beginning of the headphones
The idea of the headphones was created by Nathaniel Baldwin. It had came from the earpiece because at the time the earpiece was the only way to listen to audio signals electronically. Baldwin had the idea to create them and did by hand in his kitchen and sold them to the U.S. Navy. http://silentdis.co/2012/03/history-of-headphones/ -
First production made headphones
The DT-48 were created by a German company named Beyerdynamic. At first they were pretty patchy because they had not realized that they could stand Hi-fi listening. DT standed for Dynamic telephone and the company still produces headphones to this day. http://silentdis.co/2012/03/history-of-headphones/ -
1st stereo headphones
A Milwaukee Jazz musician named John Koss had the idea to create the first stereo headphones. Eventually, John Koss will do well with his new stereo headphones dominating the industry. http://silentdis.co/2012/03/history-of-headphones/ -
Increased sales in headphones
Koss's headphones would eventually become very succesful getting increased sales as would record players would too. The Koss headphones would become very popular in the 60s and 70s but were still pretty heavy weighing up to 5 pounds. http://silentdis.co/2012/03/history-of-headphones/ -
Advertising and endorsements
The Koss headphones eventually became extremely popular getting very well liked and noticed by many celebrities. Some of these celebrities included the Beatles, Tony Bennet, Mel Torme and Bobby Hackett http://silentdis.co/2012/03/history-of-headphones/ -
1st Electrostatic Headphones
The 1st electrostatic headphones were finally made of course by Koss. These were called ESP/6 and they would less distortion and less weight. Koss did not yet realize that they would need lighter headphones because many people thought they were too heavy. http://silentdis.co/2012/03/history-of-headphones/ -
The Falling of Koss
As more and more electronic companies saw the oppurtunity in headphones the koss headphones would fall. The last contribution to the 80s with the koss headphones were lightweight HV line of Koss. http://silentdis.co/2012/03/history-of-headphones/ -
The Expansion of Portable Headphones
The 1980s is when Sony came out with the first portable headphones that would also come with the portable sony walkman. The reinvented headphones that sony had created were called the MDR-3L2. These new headphones were very lightweight and durable that had little pading were you would put your ears to listen to your music http://silentdis.co/2012/03/history-of-headphones/ -
iPod earbuds
Once Apple had just released its new iPod in 2001 they came out with their extremely lightweight, portable, fashionable earbuds. These new Apple earbuds weren't very good at noise cancellation but they were pretty impressive for the beginnings of the earbuds. Keep in mind Apple did not invent the earbuds they just reinvented the earbuds making them look very stylish. http://silentdis.co/2012/03/history-of-headphones/ -
The present reinvented Headphones
While apples earbuds were dominating the industry, more and more companies had been coming out with their own iconic, celebrity endorsed, headphones. Since 2001 many headphone companies have been booming in the business such as skull candy, and most likely the most popular headphones of all time Beats by Dr. Dre. Since then many new headphone companies have been popping out of no where all fighting for the #1 spot of best company and most defenitly all of these brands have reinvented the headpho -
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