Inventor of the stereo headphone, 91

Inventor of the stereo headphone, 91

RIP

norman lebrecht

January 09, 2022

The death is reported in Milwaukee of John C. Koss, creator of the stereophone which changed the world’s listening habits.

Koss, who was 91, founded the Koss Corporation in 1953 to rent television sets to hospital patients. 

One thing led to another. Koss were the first to produce a hi-fi quality headphone.

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