General Information

Serial #

80-1923

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING, COVER, WIRE COVERING, KNOBS, PARTS; METAL SWITCH & PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

N/A

Height

8.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

13.2 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

KOSS

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Wisconsin

City

Milwaukee

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1970

Canada

PART OF COLLECTION (1972.0318; 1972.1332-1346) OF "STEREOPHONES" DONATED (WITH TRADE LITERATURE) TO NMST IN 1972 BY KOSS. CORP. OF MILWAUKEE, WIS., ALL EXAMPLES OF KOSS "PRODUCT LINE" OF THAT PERIOD. KOSS HAD MADE SIMILAR DONATION TO SMITHSONIAN (SEEPHOTOS, PRESS RELEASES & CORRESPONDENCE IN SUPP. INFO. 1972.0318).

Function

HEADSET ACCESSORY ATTACHED TO AMPLIFIER OR RECEIVER & INTO WHICH TWO HEADSETS CAN BE PLUGGED, WITH ON-OFF SWITCH & VOLUME CONTROL FOR EACH HEADSET.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF ACCESSORY FOR USE WITH HEADSETS, ENABLING MORE THAN ONE HEADSET TO BE CONNECTED TO AMPLIFIER OR RECEIVER SO AS TO ALLOW LISTENERS TO LISTEN PRIVATELY & TO CONTROL VOLUME. IT COULD BE USED WITH ANY AMPLIFIER HAVING 4, 6, OR 8 OHM OUTPUT TAPS. SOLD FOR $19.95 IN 1971 (REFS. 1-4).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON CONTROL PANEL READS "[LOGO] KOSS/T-10A" WITH BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

SIMULATED WOOD GRAIN FINISH ON BASE WITH SIMULATED BRUSHED METAL TOP, BLACK TRIM; BLACK & SILVER KNOBS; PLATED SWITCH; TRANSPARENT GREEN COVER; BROWN WIRE COVERING

Decoration

N/A