[scompton]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inkmo /img/forum/go_quote.gif they look somehow more comfortable than grados. no, I kid....

I hope they didn't wear them like they are in the picture. They must have had some type of pad.

 

[Inkmo]

no.. they probably wore them like that. I thought I had a picture around here somewhere...

maybe not?

or you just might be onto something.

can't tell for sure...

can't find much more...

looking at all of these, I think we can conclude that some of them had pads. If you can call them that....

 

[robm321]

Was this the first headfi meet?

 

[Inkmo]

man, we could make some 'fake history of head-fi.org' images.

 

[Sherwood]

1927 -- a crack team of Head-fi's "Head-fologists" assemble in secret bunker to determine the fate of the universe -- electrostatic?

 

[Sherwood]

A Decision is reached! Teams Grado and Singlepower transmit the message to head-quarters.org.

 

[Sherwood]

Message Received! The first transcontinental trasmission is received at head-quarters.org by radio operator Skylab, pictured above. Skylab, as pictured, was reviewing his prototype pair of Ebeneezer-Grado brand ear transducers, and questioning why he couldn't get a haircut to match his tattoo, or vice/versa.

 

[Sherwood]

All is seemingly well at head-quarters.org, but the head-fologists have a problem ... Ayn Rand has intercepted their message and is repeating it! Oh no, she's double blind testing with it!

 

[Sherwood]

Whatever will the head-fologists do? Is their secret safe, or will Huey Long broadcast it to the entire nation? Stay tuned for more!

 

[smeggy]

Eugen Beyer called the DT 48 not headphone, but "Dynamic Telephone", which is abbreviated as "DT".

Heheh, Beyer Dynamic Telephone 880

 

[wualta]

Great sequence, Sherwood! And thanks to the Inkmo Image Bank for the photos-- liked the Goddess of Bletchley Park painting best, though Orson's a favorite too.

Most old cans were just that-- cans with electromagnets and thin metal diaphragms and Bakelite earcups. You could get slip-on rubber pads and sometimes you'd see foam rubber in flight helmet 'phones, but most down 'n' dirty communications 'phones were bare bones-- bare Bakelite. Very manly.

.

 

[Carl]

Quote:

Originally Posted by smeggy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Eugen Beyer called the DT 48 not headphone, but "Dynamic Telephone", which is abbreviated as "DT". Heheh, Beyer Dynamic Telephone 880

Give me an electrostatic telephone any day.

 

[wualta]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carl /img/forum/go_quote.gif Give me an electrostatic telephone any day.

You already own one.

 

[Carl]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wualta /img/forum/go_quote.gif You already own one.

Not a Beyer one....

 

[smeggy]

That would sound freaky. BeyerDynamic Electrostatic