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May 19, 2012 Post a Comment Wow --- wireless headphones!
Back in the early 90’s Recoton came out with their 900Mz WOW headphones, WOW standing for “WithOut Wires”. Actually they were pretty neat. Unlike infrared headphones which worked only “in line of sight”, 900Mz headphones worked through doors and walls. So you could walk around a large part of your house listening to your music without losing the signal. For their time, Recoton WOW headphones sounded really good, even though the advertised frequency response was just 50 to 15KHz. They were kind of bass shy, especially compared to the majority of headphones today. You charged the headphones via the charger built into the base unit. The base unit hooked up to your stereo via RCA jacks. They sold from $120 to $160 back then, depending on the features. The cheaper model had no charger and no rechargeable battery in the headphones. Instead they used AA batteries. On Amazon I saw a pair of Recoton W500 headphones on sale for $99.00! Not only are these no longer made, but Recoton has ceased operations. In January, 2007, AudioVox brought Recoton and their sub-divisions like Spikemaster, Ambico and Discwasher.
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