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!
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.
Maybe it's from these guys (est. 1987) looks like the same Laser font. https://www.laserco.com.au/audio/headphones/
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
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.
I bit late to the party but here is my version of those headphones. I have seen the design under different brands and variations, manly on ebay UK.
The sound is nothing to write home about. I also think they look kind of cool and like the form factor, that's why I bought them like 10 years ago. I was disappointed when I got them as they looked and felt cheap, and I don't know if it was always the case but the cable is very stiff, adding to its cheapness. As I was dusting them off for this post, I began to listen to them and play with EQ just to see if it was possible to make them listenable, and for my surprise they sound kind of nice after that. I mean there is almost nothing below 40Hz but you do get bass after that, so there is a bit of rumble without distortion. The soundstage to my surprise feels quite wide. I ended up listening to them for hours without noticing.
I used to go through headphones like crazy with the tiny wires snapping. Luckily the stores always had these cheap brands although the Denon is a surprise. Some of the better models would be around the cost of the Sportsters I loved so I never could afford them but they did make a pretty big sonic difference.
