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-as of [5 MAY 2024]–
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*”THE ULTIMATE HEADPHONE TEST”*
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“PORTABLE HEADPHONES”
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*AKA* –>
“head-phones”
(in the early days of ‘telephony’ + ‘radio’)
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*’headphones’ are a pair of small ‘listening devices’ that are designed to be worn [‘on’ / ‘around’] the ‘head’ over a user’s ears*
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(they are ‘electroacoustic transducers’, which convert an electrical signal to a corresponding sound in the user’s ear)
(‘headphones’ are designed to allow a single user to listen to an audio source privately, in contrast to a ‘loudspeaker’, which emits sound into the open air, for anyone nearby to hear)
(headphones are also known as earspeakers, earphones or, colloquially, “cans”)
(‘circum-aural’ + ‘supra-aural’ headphones use a band over the top of the head to hold the speakers in place)
(the other type (known as earbuds or earphones) consist of individual units that plug into the user’s ‘ear canal’)
(in the context of ‘telecommunication’, a headset is a combination of ‘headphone’ + ‘microphone’)
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*’headphones’ either connect directly to a ‘signal source’ such as an…*
‘audio amplifier’
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‘radio’
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‘CD player’
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‘portable media player’
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‘mobile phone’
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‘video game consoles’
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‘electronic musical instrument’
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(or use ‘wireless technology’ such as…)
‘bluetooth’
‘FM radio’
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(early ‘headphones’ were first used by ‘radio pioneers’ (aka ‘crystal sets’) and also by radio ‘telephone’ and ‘telegraph’ operators allowing a better audio reception without disturbing others around)
(initially the ‘audio quality’ was mediocre and a step forward was the invention of ‘high fidelity headphones’)
(‘headphones’ are made in a range of different audio reproduction quality capabilities)
(headsets designed for telephone use typically cannot reproduce sound with the high fidelity of expensive units designed for music listening by ‘audiophiles’)
(‘headphones’ that use cables typically have either a ‘1/4’ inch (‘6.35’ mm) or ‘1/8’ inch (‘3.5’ mm) phone jack for plugging the ‘headphones’ into the ‘audio source’)
(as of ‘2015’, most ‘headphones’ are amplified by a ‘headphone amplifier’, either an ‘integrated amplifier’ (e.g., in an ‘iPod’) or a ‘standalone unit’)
(in the 2010s, ‘headphones’ are used by people in everyday life to listen to audio material such as ‘recorded music’, ‘podcasts’, or ‘radio shows’)
(‘headphones’ are also used by people in various professional contexts, such as
audio engineers mixing sound for live concerts or sound recordings and
DJs,
who use headphones to cue up the next song they will play without the audience hearing
‘aircraft pilots’
(and ‘call center employees’)
(the latter 2 types of employees use ‘headphones’ with an integrated ‘micro-path’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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