Plugging Into Headphones

November, 1979

Headphones have come a long way from the clumsy tinny-sounding harnesses once used only by telegraph operators and short-wave-radio freaks. Today, we have lightweight models that provide luxuriant full-range stereo that is often better than what you hear from loud-speakers.Spatial KicksWhen you wrap stereophones (the term was coined by John Koss, whose company may be credited with having evolved a nuts-and-bolts audio tool to the status of a deluxe consumer product) around your ears and listen,...