Wireless Audio Headphones Grow in Popularity

Headphones have been around for a long time virtually from the invention of radio. However headphones for audio, particularly stereo headphones did not appear until 1958. It was John C. Koss who first brought them to market specifically to listen to music. At last one could mimic the music hall, people were astounded and they quickly became popular. Koss are a major wireless headphone maker today.

It was not until the 70s that wireless technology began to appear in volume and what a relief it was to be. No longer did you need to be tethered to your HI Fi, now you could move around at will. The first units were not so clever, sound quality was not as good as the wired versions and range was useless too. Nowadays all that has changed. Wireless audio headphones are now so good its hard to spot the difference with the wired variety. Consisting of a transmitter connected to your device and a receiver built into the headphones the most versatile are RF or radio frequency wireless headphones. These units work no matter where you are in your home. IR units or infrared are just as good sound quality but only operate on a line of site basis which means that you need to be within the same room as the transmitting device.

Nowadays wireless headphones are used for watching TV, computing, gaming and even your IPod can be connected. No wonder that wireless sales are now outstripping the corded sets as people discover the freedom these headsets give the user.