Headphones

Headphones (or head-phones in the early days of telephony and radio) are a pair of small listening devices that are designed to be worn on or around the head over a user's ears. They are electroacoustic transducers, which convert an electrical signal to a corresponding sound in the user's ear. Headphones are designed to allow a single user to listen to an audio source privately, in contrast to a loudspeaker, which emits sound into the open air, for anyone nearby to hear. Headphones are also known as earspeakers, earphones or, colloquially, cans. Circumaural and supra-aural headphones use a band over the top of the head to hold the speakers in place. The other type, known as earbuds or earphones consist of individual units that plug into the user's ear canal. In the context of telecommunication, a headset is a combination of headphone and microphone. Headphones either connect directly to a signal source such as an audio amplifier, radio, CD player, portable media player, mobile phone, video game consoles, electronic musical instrument, or use wireless technology such as bluetooth or FM radio. Early headphones were first used by radio pioneers (crystal sets) and also by radio telephone and telegraph operators allowing a better audio reception without disturbing others around. Initially the audio quality was mediocre and a step forward was the invention of high fidelity headphones.

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Headphones (song)

"Headphones" is a song by English recording artist Little Boots, included on her mixtape Jubilee Disco. To promote the song, Hesketh released a series of clips from the music video in which several people enter a booth and put on a pair of headphones while looking through a pane of glass. It was first released for sale on 3 June 2012 digitally by Elektra Records. "Headphones" was originally intended to be included in Little Boots' second studio album Nocturnes (2013), but was later cut out from the final track listing.

Critical reception

Popjustice's critics stated that they enjoyed the song, but were confused by Hesketh's releases and promotion. They compared her earlier career to Kylie Minogue when promoting her debut Hands, but state that she is acting more like Hot Chip with her releases this time around.

Music video

The music video for "Headphones" was directed by Bullion Collective, and premiered on 6 June 2012, on Little Boots's YouTube channel. Hesketh described the content of the video as people going to a peep show booth, but they wear headphones and listen to music: "The idea is that everyday characters enter a booth and on listening to the song their extrovert selves appear in the reflection, so the song is a way of releasing their inner selves and setting the crazier side of them free... We wanted to create an energetic party atmosphere to fit the song whilst avoiding the cliches of a lot of current club themed videos." She was inspired in part by the film Paris, Texas.

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Headphones (disambiguation)

Headphones are a pair of small speakers mounted on a band for placing on the head.

Headphones may also refer to:

  • Headphones (band), an American indie rock band
  • Headphones (album), their album of the same name
  • "Headphones" (song), a song by Little Boots
  • Headphone Dust, a record label
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    You could see pictures of three
    Who had braved the mighty sea,
    With their chests of gold and greed
    In the hope they would be free of tyranny.
    Ain't that how it always ends?
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