Music has changed enormously over the past few decades and with it the way we listen to it has evolved.
In the 60's we had the record player, playing vinyl records (we had moved on from 78's by then).
With the advent of stereo the record players came with 2 speakers.
As music moved on and technology with it, the onset of surround sound started with multiple speakers for better sound quality.
By the 80's personal music players were starting to make an appearance.
Notably the Sony Walkman was the leading portable player.
The early ones were either radio or radio and cassette players.
Cassettes were small tape players for those of you not old enough to remember! These players came with flimsy headphones that really didn't do a lot for the sound quality.
The compact disc arrived and so did high quality sound.
And so it continued until we get up to date with the ipod.
Even that has evolved and improved until we have the high quality sound that we are used to today.
The kind of audio systems available now can reproduce live sound as it was meant to be heard.
With all the better ways of reproducing sound the demand for better quality headphones began.
At first, they were just a convenient way to listen to a portable advice.
Only real music buffs would own a set of full headphones.
Music has changed too, with the advent of R&B, hip hop, and drum and bass the sound quality needed to be a bit different.
These types of music have a lot of bass and therefore need a lower frequency in the headphones to get the true sound.
DJ headphones were invented that were particularly in tune with this kind of music.
To cover the wider range of music we listen too more technology was required.
The engineers needed very strong magnets to give better sound reproduction.
The Neodymium magnet features in many in-ear headphones and so another breakthrough came.
The in-ear headphones have evolved and got better.
In fact, Sony holds a library of 17,000 ear moulds so that they could come up with the perfect shaped in-ear headphones! It is not only sound quality that has driven the evolution of headphones ([http://www.
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co.
uk/Audio/Headphones_sub]) but our life styles.
We now want music with us wherever we go, mp3 players are very popular.
People want to listen to their own play list whilst working out or jogging.
Not only that but they want to look super cool with it.
Earphones have become a fashion statement to a wide section of the listening public.
Of course there are still many music buffs who just want exceptional quality in their headphones.
There is a wide range of headphones to choose from for as little as a few pounds to hundreds of pounds.
Whatever you choose to listen to or how fashion conscious you are there is a great set of headphones waiting for you!
In the 60's we had the record player, playing vinyl records (we had moved on from 78's by then).
With the advent of stereo the record players came with 2 speakers.
As music moved on and technology with it, the onset of surround sound started with multiple speakers for better sound quality.
By the 80's personal music players were starting to make an appearance.
Notably the Sony Walkman was the leading portable player.
The early ones were either radio or radio and cassette players.
Cassettes were small tape players for those of you not old enough to remember! These players came with flimsy headphones that really didn't do a lot for the sound quality.
The compact disc arrived and so did high quality sound.
And so it continued until we get up to date with the ipod.
Even that has evolved and improved until we have the high quality sound that we are used to today.
The kind of audio systems available now can reproduce live sound as it was meant to be heard.
With all the better ways of reproducing sound the demand for better quality headphones began.
At first, they were just a convenient way to listen to a portable advice.
Only real music buffs would own a set of full headphones.
Music has changed too, with the advent of R&B, hip hop, and drum and bass the sound quality needed to be a bit different.
These types of music have a lot of bass and therefore need a lower frequency in the headphones to get the true sound.
DJ headphones were invented that were particularly in tune with this kind of music.
To cover the wider range of music we listen too more technology was required.
The engineers needed very strong magnets to give better sound reproduction.
The Neodymium magnet features in many in-ear headphones and so another breakthrough came.
The in-ear headphones have evolved and got better.
In fact, Sony holds a library of 17,000 ear moulds so that they could come up with the perfect shaped in-ear headphones! It is not only sound quality that has driven the evolution of headphones ([http://www.
zenostore.
co.
uk/Audio/Headphones_sub]) but our life styles.
We now want music with us wherever we go, mp3 players are very popular.
People want to listen to their own play list whilst working out or jogging.
Not only that but they want to look super cool with it.
Earphones have become a fashion statement to a wide section of the listening public.
Of course there are still many music buffs who just want exceptional quality in their headphones.
There is a wide range of headphones to choose from for as little as a few pounds to hundreds of pounds.
Whatever you choose to listen to or how fashion conscious you are there is a great set of headphones waiting for you!
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