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  1. 06-01-2023, 10:40 #551
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    I was watching a programme the other day on the Nuremberg war trials. I was intrigued by the arrangement that the prosecutor setup for simultaneous translation through headphones. Initially, I thought the headphones looked a lot like Grado designs, until I realised that the company was not formed until the 1950s. To cut a long story short, the headphones were manufactured by IBM. I was not aware that they made headphones, but of course, given that they were involved in office management systems they probably had various transcription products. My guess now is that Grado borrowed from the IBM design. Does anyone have experience of IBM headphones or any knowledge of whether Grado borrowed from IBM?

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    They provided 600 headsets, each with 5 channels. The system was later sold to the UN.
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    Looks more like PMC with a dome midrange but I don't recognise the straight edge of the woofer and never seen that finish. Also looks like a port just showing at the bottom
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    I don't recognise it, but it is reminiscent of PMC and the cut off woofer edges are something Epos used a fair bit (amongst others).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lawrence001 View Post
    Looks more like PMC with a dome midrange but I don't recognise the straight edge of the woofer and never seen that finish. Also looks like a port just showing at the bottom
    If it was PMC it wouldn't have a round port, it would have an oblong opening at the bottom of the cabinet for the transmission line.
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    On that point ....

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    They provided 600 headsets, each with 5 channels. The system was later sold to the UN.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    If it was PMC it wouldn't have a round port, it would have an oblong opening at the bottom of the cabinet for the transmission line.
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    The Crusader's port looks to be a bit smaller and closer to the woofer than that. Drive units look similar though.
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