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For those whose idea of "bass" is something with the overpressure of a shaped charge and the cyclic frequency of a steam locomotive, a larger earpiece is required than is available on standard headphones. Viking headphones house a massive driver in a curved, perfectly optimized waveguide to inflict
all of that window-bending audio directly onto the tympanic membranes.
The on-cord equalizer includes two presets, "Ragnarok" and "Wagner".
(??) I think she's wearing them in this picture . . .
http://www.geocitie...raypages/index.html Art by [RayfordSteele]. [bristolz, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
(??) Horns.
http://www.bluetail...~rv/viking-helmets/ real Viking helmets probably didn't have them [mrthingy, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Minnesota Vikings helmet
http://www.nflhelmetstore.com/vikings.htm [mrthingy, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
[RayfordSteele] wanted a reminder. Here it is.
http://news.bbc.co....olitics/8410302.stm But what good is a limit on the MP3 player if you have super-efficient, amplified headphones? [lurch, Dec 13 2009]
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I like the image. Do they come in a range of sizes? I want to listen to the Ring cycle with my Mighty Valhalla set. |
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Remind me to invest in the hearing aid market as our generation ages. |
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Comes with the battleaxe CD player? |
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Can I get mine with Brunhilde braids attached? |
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(mental picture of lurch wearing a copper bra-plate... eww...) |
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//(mental picture of lurch wearing a copper bra-plate... eww...)// - shush, DrC will hear... |
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Wow. These'd probably ensure me my own seat on the rush hour bus (+). |
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[mrthingy] - I had found that exact page while trying to ensure the historical accuracy of this invention. I finally decided that historical accuracy could go hang, 'cause I was going to put horns on anyway. |
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You could call them Minnesota Viking headphones. Then there would be no inaccuracy (if you were concerned about that). |
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Hmm, yeah... maybe one of those football helmets with the oversized concussion prevention cap. Involve the entire upper cranial surface for audio... I can see it, but I'm afraid there might be a new idea in it. Appropriate cred to you when it happens, [mrthingy]. Or feel free to beat me to it. |
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<swisscheese tag, UnaBubba's deleted anno asking> How big are these headphones?</swiss> |
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I think I'll have to take a hacksaw to a Bose speaker to find out how to set it up. Probably about 20 inches by 14 (measured as per Boone & Crockett bison rules, C & D1), but mostly hollow so not too heavy. |
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Personally, I'd like to see that hoary old "arrow-through-the-head" doohickey redone in a combined headphone/MP3 player version. |
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I so wish that I could bun this again. Every time I read this I Cheshire smile. Great. |
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Equalizers affixed each horn, Yeah! |
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Nice (+) Jerith was a genius. |
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Interesting. The //copper bra-plate// presumably holds a sub-woofer for inflicting the deep bass into your abdominal cavity? |
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An ice pick would be much cheaper, mercifully quicker, and only marginally more painful. |
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