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a private concert hall you wear, where the only attendee is the soul.
means A pair of small speakers worn over or in the ears, letting you listen to audio privately without anyone else hearing it.
from A plain compound of "head" and "phone," the latter from Greek "phōnē," meaning voice or sound — the same root buried in "telephone" and "microphone." The word arrived in the early 20th century alongside the first wearable telephone receivers, when radio operators and switchboard workers strapped sound to their skulls. Early versions were called "head telephones" or "head receivers" before everyday speech trimmed them down to the snug little word we use today.
- first model
- Made on a kitchen table in 1910.
- sold to navy
- US Navy bought the earliest pairs.
- in-ear power
- Earbuds blast volume near jet-engine levels.
- do-not-disturb
- Worn as a silent shield against human contact.
sony wh-1000xm5 — most-sold noise-canceling headphones worldwide, released 2022
apple airpods pro — 200+ million units sold since 2019, apple's flagship