The FIRST HEADPHONES I Remember


The first real headphones I had and used like headphones - not an earphone - was this awful pair. The brand was VERITAS. I thought they were good - for a while.

Mmmmm plastic ear pads with foam inside. An equally bad pleather and foam head pad. Each side had a volume control (BAD IDEA), and there was a switch - I think it was mono/stereo .

I recall them having a lot of bass, but not too much else about the sound. I do recall that it wasn’t too long before the volume control pots got noisy. If you look closely at this pic I found of them, you will see a metal clip that holds the wire to the master can. Another ill conceived bit of hardware, as the clip eventually dug into the plastic of the wire causing a short.

So, I don’t know where these cans disappeared, or when, but it was a long time ago, and a long time since I listened to headphone induced static in my music.

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