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The first set
It originated from the earpiece. First successful set made by Nathaniel Baldwin. He sold them to people in the U.S Navy. -
Beyerdynamic innovates
A german company, Beyerdynamic, produced and invented the first dynamic headphones. (Still in production today) Not created for hi-fi listeing. -
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Frozen Production
Production of Beyerdynamics froze due to WWII ending -
Production begins again
Production of Beyerdynamics began inventiing and producing again -
A new inventor comes into the picture
A Milwauke based jazz muscian, John C. Koss, invented the stereo headphones. Intened to let them listeners enjoy stereo Lps. -
Sales production goess up
Sales records amd headphone production goes up. Headphones weighed 3-5 lbs -
Celebirty endorsed by The Beatles
Koss started a line of celebrity stamped headphones. Basically just mid-line headphones put in a box with a celebrity sticker on it. -
First Electostatic headphones
Koss ESP/6- The first elctrostatic headphones. They had less distortion and weighed less than most, -
End of Koss inventions
Koss created his last pair of heaphones.A hv line of light weight headphones. -
Earbuds to Earphones
Apple made ear buds popukar at first but they didn't isolate sound well. Earbuds soon became earphones that fit into the ear canal and isolated sound at a lower volume. -
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Celebirties and Fashion
Around these time celebirties started putting their name on headphones. Companies also started to create fashionable headphones designed to c atch your attention. Examples: Skull Candy, Lady Gaga endorsed headphones, Powerbeats endorsed by LeBron James, and heaphones endorsed by 50 cent. The most popular at the time beinng Beats by Dre. -
Website(s) used
Visually Inc. (2011). The history of headphones. Retrieved from http://visual.ly/history-headphones
