Mysterious old Lightweight headphones (Laser and Recoton)

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  1. NaughtCanine

    NaughtCanine New Member

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    Hello there! While waiting for someone I know to finally service my WM-D6 (it's been months), I figured I'd continue browsing the Internet for a suitable pair of headphones to carry around. Nothing too bulky or closed in. Naturally that led to things like the Koss Porta Pros and whatnot, but my hunger for unnecessarily vintage tech demanded I search deeper...

    Anyway, I stumbled across these guys! Really neat gimmick, since they fit in a cassette case, and that could be really convenient, I feel. However, nobody seems to know anything about them! Nothing about sound or quality or anything, not a single post I could find.

    Any of you know anything about them?
    Thanks!
     
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    Derek marshall Well-Known Member

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    NaughtCanine. Sorry cannot help with your query. Have not seen these before. Also have never seen impedance written on phones before. Hope someone can help with you query.
     
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    Well I know it's from the Laser company who made Cassettes, it's usually packaged with some, and also apparently computers, but I don't know if that's the same company. No history. Good find though
     
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    I'm pretty sure Laser was just an audio accessory company selling at the lower end. Recoton was a much larger similar company with a ton of audio stuff like CD cleaners, 45 adapters, headphones and much more. Back when I was doing cassette cleaning media in the 90's, Recoton was going to buy the company but they wanted a better bottom line so the owner dismissed 30% of the company including me, but they never did complete the purchase. I think the end of the 90's were bad for Recoton since a lot of their line was based on tape media.
     

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