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Identifying Vintage Headphone Brands

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cmstolte

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Hi everyone, stumbled upon this site… quite curious if anyone can lead me in the right direction as I am trying to restore these headphones for an artist.. they were his favorite and I want them to be in too top condition so he can get back to recording after a traumatic brain injury about a year ago.

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Thank you!!
 

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I don't recognize them, but that was a pretty common way to build headphones in the 1970s, both the drivers and the heaband. Do both drivers work? If so, you're at least 75% there. If you're not sure, test them with a multimeter. Don't connect them directly to speaker wires, they won't handle much power.

If the drivers are good, I'd look for modern replacements for the headband cushion and ear cushions. Can the drivers be non-destructively separated from the enclosures? If so, they (the enclosures) might be good candidates for Retr0bright.

If the drivers aren't good, well, you're unlikely to find replacements, either new old stock or modern. Anything else you put in there would sound completely different.
 
BTW, modern headphones are orders of magnitude better and not that expensive. While I know you said they were his favorites, musicians typically want to hear what they're recording as accurately as possible, and these wouldn't be the best for that.
 
Bone Yard said:
They look really similar to Pioneer SE-50's, not exactly maybe a little older version?
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Not really, no more similar than a dozen Koss or Radio Shack headphones. Those earcups are different from anything else I've been able to find so far.
 
No brand name on them
swechsler said:
Not really, no more similar than a dozen Koss or Radio Shack headphones. Those earcups are different from anything else I've been able to find so far.
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the actual cups I googled three hours straight today lol … obviously no luck here either.
 
swechsler said:
I don't recognize them, but that was a pretty common way to build headphones in the 1970s, both the drivers and the heaband. Do both drivers work? If so, you're at least 75% there. If you're not sure, test them with a multimeter. Don't connect them directly to speaker wires, they won't handle much power.

If the drivers are good, I'd look for modern replacements for the headband cushion and ear cushions. Can the drivers be non-destructively separated from the enclosures? If so, they (the enclosures) might be good candidates for Retr0bright.

If the drivers aren't good, well, you're unlikely to find replacements, either new old stock or modern. Anything else you put in there would sound completely different.
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The functionality is perfect I was just trying to repair the plastic housing as the pins had cracked through the plastic … l keep looking for a way to patch them.. ahh!
 
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