http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2013/03/a-partial-history-of-headphones/ Thu, 23 May 2013 15:32:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2013/03/a-partial-history-of-headphones/#comment-921 Shawn Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:00:41 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/?p=2843#comment-921 Headphone design has come a long way since the 70s. My first pair was a Pioneer SE-205 that I bought in the mid 70s and it is still with me, along with the original box it came in. Headphone design has come a long way since the 70s. My first pair was a Pioneer SE-205 that I bought in the mid 70s and it is still with me, along with the original box it came in.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2013/03/a-partial-history-of-headphones/#comment-826 Philip Ernest Schoenberg Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:35:24 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/?p=2843#comment-826 Alexander Graham Bell pioneered pay by audio in promoting his telephone via loudspeaker of some kind. Alexander Graham Bell pioneered pay by audio in promoting his telephone via loudspeaker of some kind.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2013/03/a-partial-history-of-headphones/#comment-798 Ron A. Zajac Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:25:05 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/?p=2843#comment-798 To me, the most significant breakthru in headphone tech was when they figured out how to do it without the bulky carbon packing. They figured out some way to vibrate a membrane in some more direct way--around 1972, I think--and it was a marvel; cheap and a quantum leap in sound quality. To me, the most significant breakthru in headphone tech was when they figured out how to do it without the bulky carbon packing. They figured out some way to vibrate a membrane in some more direct way–around 1972, I think–and it was a marvel; cheap and a quantum leap in sound quality.

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