[thrillmetoo]

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Originally Posted by fatcat28037 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Pioneer, with white plastic cups that when over the ear. I bought those some time around 1968/69.

Apart from some christal earbuds, these were my first also. Pretty sure they were labeled SE-205.
Decent sturdy cans they were. Gave me hundreds of hours of listening pleasure, some 35 years ago...

 

[Javatango]

My first real headset that didn't come with a cassette or CD player was the Koss Porta Pro. For the past 4 years I have been using a Senn 497. This past week I placed an order for an AT AD900 - can't wait to try them out.

 

[ghyghjgh]

Be found Many people's first headset come with portable player such as Sony walkman.

For me the first hearset also is from Sony walkman, which No. is MDR-808. And then upgrade to HP890 ,KSC-75, then HD600 and K501.

 

[glct222]

Its been too long to remember the name of the my first!

 

[fureshi]

i can't remember the model number anymore but they came with a sharp cassette player many many years ago.

 

[AV8TR]

I was lucky. My first headphones were quite good for the time -- a Superex ST-PRO-B that my father purchased for me in 1968 or 1969. I think Superex and Koss were the biggest players back then. I remember spending quite some time comparing both the Koss Pro/4A and the Superex ST-PRO-B. Both were very good, considering the technology of the time. The Superex was $10 more -- quite alot of money at that time! As I recall, the Koss was priced at $40. Anyway, I decided on the Superex because of my perception of a more dynamic bass response.

For those that may be interested, here is a quotation from the brochure (yes, I still have it!) regarding the top model (PROB V) at the time:

"Bass response is spectacular -- without "bottom of the well," boomy sound. Highs are sweet, clear and sharp. The total effect is a performance excellence heretofore unobtainable -- and made possible by SUPEREX's exclusive woofer/tweeter concept, utilizing a calibrated and matched 2-way speaker system in each cup. Each "system" is tuned and ported."

Interesting, don't you think?

I still have the Superex, believe it or not, but can't wear them for more than a few minutes due to a vice-like grip that can cause a headache in short order. Of course, the earcup cushions wore out years ago. But that clamping pressure seems to have been characteristic of the time, borne out by jclinton46's post:

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Originally Posted by jclinton46 /img/forum/go_quote.gif The first decent phones I listened to were Koss Pro4a in the late 60's. I was in college so I couldn't afford them and spent what little money I could scrape together on a good turntable/cartridge combination then amps, speakers, etc. What I remember was how great the Koss sounded and the headache they gave me after 30 minutes or so of vice like grip. My first purchase was a pair of Pioneer headphones about 1973. They were uncomfortable from the moment I put them on. Finally dropped a lot of money in 1978 for a pair of Audio Technica electrostatics. They were comfortable and sounded great.

Sure didn't realize then that I would become a head-fier some 40 years later! I can't help but wonder if some other head-fiers have some Superexs lying around.

AV8TR

 

[kman89zero]

prolly some stock headphone that came with a PCDP player. My first "real" set of headphones are my Sennheiser HD280 Pro's. I got them about 3 months ago and love them so much.

 

[Rednamalas1]

I was actually fairly lucky as well. besides cheap earbuds that came with my CD player, I bought E-888s as my first earbuds and after I broke about 4 of them, I moved onto AT Pro700s - which aren't as bad as say-V700s

 

[Uncle Erik]

First pair: probably the pair that cam with a Walkman back in the 80's.

First good pair: Sony MDR-V6.

First pair respectable at Head-Fi: Sennheiser HD-650.

 

[Zephyron]

First: Those that came with ye ol' Sony Cassette Walkman.

First good pair: Audio Technica ATH-CK7

 

[Trance88]

My first pair of headphones was a yellow colored "headbud" style looking thing mom bought me in 1993. No clue of the make and model. I think I had them up until around 1996.

The first pair of Full Size headphones I ever had was a Koss TD-65 in 1996. Headband adjuster broke about 6 months after getting them. Totally broke them in 2001 after I accidentally stepped on them.

 

[sunseeker888]

First ever?? Hmm, don't recall the model but they were a cheap set with a builtin AM FM radio right in the earpiece... lol. This was about 1995 or 1996 too. Think they were Magnavoxes

 

[Postalisback]

My first headphones were Philips SHP2000 which I got for about £12, had quite a lot of fun listening to those, but then I bought these Sennheiser HD 595 and have now given the Philips SHP2000 to a friend (and he tells me he likes them too)

 

[SundayDuffer]

oh boyyyyy.....i think it was an Akai...mid 70s.

 

[buddhashenglong]

1st ever came with a maroon gpx am/fm cassette walkman for xmas when I was 6 or 7, we're talking early 80's. Fast forward to 1991, closed supra aural 60 ohm koss to go with my collection of megabass walkmen. Can't recall the model # CD3 maybe, I'm dying to find a pair for old times sake. Memory lane.