Featherweight Twin Tone Firth & Co. Seibt
Featherweight Twin Tone Firth &
Co. Seibt
Feldstern-McCusker
Superior
A.C.
Gilbert very rare
Frost Fones
161
Frost
Fones
171
Frost
Fones 172
Frost Fones
175
Globe
Gold
Seal by Stanley and Patterson
Goldtone 2000 Ohms
Notes on the above:
Federal: These are heavy duty very good quality headphones. The 53-W
were pretty common, but the 52-W model in the 3200 ohms are quite rare,
I have only seen 2 pairs of them ever.
Featherweight Twin Tone: Cheap consumer grade headphones, most have
open circuit in the coils due to acid flux at joints of the fine wire,
occ I get a working pair.
Firth: These are heavy duty and fairly uncommon, 1920's era, they also
work well for crystal radio with good sensitivity.
Feldstern-McCusker: Also fairly uncommon, middle of the road quality
headphones early 1930's I think.
AC Gilbert: From the Gilbert Science products, they also made a crystal
radio, and both the radio and headphones are rare and collectable so
the
prices of these are very high, if and when you can find them.
Frost Fones: The Frosties were middle to low end consumer headphones
from the early 20's through the 1930's. The earlier versions were
decent
quality and fairly sensitive, but the later versions such as the 174
were
cheaply constucted and not as sensitive. Like most brands of
headphones,
the earlier the better.
Globe: I have seen these with the aluminum cans and with nickeled brass
housings, both pairs I have seem well made and good sensitivity.
Gold Seal: By Stanley and Patterson, in addition to being attractive
with the gold painted aluminum cans and brown cord, these are actually
very good headphones and have very good sensitivity equivalent to a
good
set of Brandes. The gold paint tended to peel off with time.
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