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Those headphones were used when they went to space back in the 60's. They used the long cable to connect the space ship with the control center after it launched.
As others have also noted, there is one thing that is very cool about the old Soviet tech - it came with a proper instruction manual that often even included complete wiring schematics and repair instructions. I still have couple of Game&Watch clones ("Elektronika") with complete PCB schematics printed in their instruction booklets.
Which makes sense given how expensive and in some cases how long it took for you to get it. The idea kinda was "hey if it's broken you fix it cause you're not buying a new one"
@@audiophile6475 No 😂 It is just communism. Nobody had exclusive rights, everything in public property. It’s like nowadays during capitalistic regime so-called "open hardware". You also could get any source of computer programs (after dissolve of USSR everyone got access to fantastical code, algorithms for aerodynamic, flows, stealth, etc (in capitalistic countries such code had no price, nobody and never opened it, it cost billions).
@@juliap.5375 "Nobody had exclusive rights, everything in public property." Stealing was still a crime. "Private" property wasn't a thing, no, but "personal property" existed.
I like that Soviet electronics has always had detailed instructions (manual). Sometimes there were electronic circuits that could be used for repairs. There were tables with the amplitude-frequency characteristic (AFC)(АЧХ) of audio equipment. Now it is difficult to find a detailed description of the characteristics if it is cheap electronics.
I prefer this, gives the device a longer life span. In today's market things aren't made to last longer because that's how they get you to buy more shit that's cheaply made and hard to fix
My dad used to own a vinyl player with a built-in amp from the 70s. Videoton or some similar brand. That sucker had a bedsheet-sized wiring diagram and datasheet for its major components.
TBF that was the case with all electronics at one point. My old bang & olufsen record player has the full circuit diagram and other stuff in a little pocket on the inside. B&O would never give you that stuff these days.
Я прямо ждал, когда переведут фразу на 4:00 ))) Старое название, сегодня так наушники никто не называет, а значение слова "телефон" несколько специализировалось.
As someone who speaks Russian, watching dankpods being confused at the letter ы is great! Especially if you know that its pronounced like being punched in the stomach really hard
My grandfather was a musician and he had various Soviet audio devices. And once he gave me huge and super uncomfortable Soviet headphones, I already forgot the name. I immediately put them on the shelf and forgot. And then, somehow it happened that my Razor headphones broke, I remembered those that had a big jack, I cut them through the adapter, and damn it, the razor didn’t have such a clear sound, it was some kind of ancient magic . Moreover, I could even hear from which side the opponents were moving, as in modern gaming headphones. Then someone threw these headphones out of their parents like trash. It's a pity.
@@sudormrf nah, I tapped on him and his other comment on the channel seems to be saying "I'm not a native I don't care" which made me think it's a weird shadow reply here
Because it was a different culture. Imagine that I will tell you all the stuffing of the iPhone and how it works. so that you can fix it yourself, which will encourage you to learn new skills, because it is extremely not difficult.. A huge number of engineers and it fell in love with their professions in childhood, reassembling it as a designer. It depends on how the whole world goes to the point that you don't even know how your application works, or the device scares you. This means that everything depends on the honesty of company managers. They can even stuff a bomb and no one except amateur specialists will know it.
I don't want any more Stalins, but Soviet engineering was so cool and honestly inspirational. Out-of-the-box thinking was common, repair and learning encouraged. Meanwhile Apple would send armed thugs to burn down your house for opening your own iPhone if they could get away with it.
All old electronics were like that around the world. Computers in the 80s like the IBM PC and Commodore 64 came with full service manuals or schematics (respectively).
4:15 Text on the box: Headphones (Телефон - Phone, Головной - Head but adjective) TDS-16 Orthodynamic (Idk what it means) Stereo 4:23 Text on the manual: Stereo Headphones Orthodynamic ECHO (Name of the headphones) 6:58 Text on the box: Phones Head but adjective Dynamic Stereo Emphyton (Idk) TDS-17
Tbh, the sound some of those old headphones produce is maybe not perfect, but those imperfections bring a nice vibe, you really feel like traveling back in time
@MisterSerpent listen man i dont like capitalism either but shoving a billion word long essay down everyones throats on some random comment isnt going to change anyones minds
I had old Soviet decked stereo system from 80s. It sounded so nice it was almost unbeliavable. I sold it to an audiophille collectioner and he told me he will use it as his main deck, despite having old Sony and some other professional old decks 😮 There is some special magic or something in those old systems.
3:23 says: (Phoneticaly)/(Translation) Telefon-Galavnoy-Ortodynamicheskiy-Stereofonicheskiy / Head-Phone(s)-Orthodynamic-Stereophonic Headphones model was TDS-# You are welcome.
The ТДС-16 are actually a very interesting pair, still very desirable in Russian audiophile community. There's people who mod the hell out of them and seem to be getting a very solid sound. The reason being their orthodynamic construction (aka isodynamic), a technology not seen much nowadays. Diagram at 5:45 explains very well how they work: a very thin 10um membrane has an electromagnetic coil evenly distributed across its surface. The coil is formed by pattern-etching a thin layer of metal deposition. Then the membrane is sandwiched between two perforated magnets. Very light weight of the membrane in this construction is supposedly very good for accurately reproducing high frequencies, and the uniformity of magnetic field should be good for bass. The most common mod appears to be to stuff some cotton or fabric into the casing to dampen the sound and make them sound less tinny.
From a Russian friend of mine "It's not TAC, but TDS (Telephones Dynamic Stereophonic) and the box is from another model. But those are legit Soviet-made headphones made for home use."
Also 'Handwritten notes'...I'm not Russian, don't speak Russian but that's clearly the warranty card because in that split second he showed the page, it read something with 'Garantia...' at the beginning.
@@bubsy3861 the first one was for voice but the second and third ones were for music. The third one is a regular dynamic driver with that classic 80s portable stereo pack-in look, but the second pair is orthodynamic/isodynamic/planar and has a rather good reproduction. Plus the latter two had documentation about how to wire them up to various types of inputs!
@@kaitlyn__L Well, they all sells free in shops. And yes, instructions always been like that) I actually mean something more rear and interesting like TDK 3 that was limited in open sell) I mean it’s originally was a professional solution, but as I know was really good in case of music.
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as a russian, the "головной телефон" text on the box made me realise that this is just a direct translation of "head phone". IM CRYING SPSLAHKSJAKX no wonder that the app couldn't translate it, it was already terribly translated once..
In Soviet radioengineering teminology, headphones were literally called HEAD PHONES (ГОЛОВНЫЕ ТЕЛЕФОНЫ), while now they are called Наушники which means something like Earflaps.
Это просто невероятно смешно :D Кстати на самом деле какие-то из них весьма неплохие. Я не помню модель, но предположу что это ТДС-15(pronounced as TDS-15). Они играют довольно неплохо. Основная проблема с ними что как по мне они плохо играют тихо, им требуется большая громкость. Также в них нет баса.
Nice video) Really Russian language isn't so difficult. ) For example ПРАВЫЙ ( П) is mean "Right", ЛЕВЫЙ (Л) - "Left" . In the USSR, people were more careful about technology, because it was expensive. Therefore, in the package with the instructions there are 3 warranty cards for repairing headphones. All the best to you from RF.
I actually like the sound of the new Russian headphones, whilst the HD600 have a much fuller sound and bass, I found the highs to be a bit mushy, I preferred the open airiness of the Russian ones, just a bit more bass and would be spot on for me. 🙂
Translation: I don't know how, but Soviet headphones turn typical American jazz into typical Soviet jazz. There's definitely some kind of magic involved here.
I really love it when people try to read the letters of my language using the Latin alphabet)) Also funny that translator decided that the "a" is rotated letter "e" because it was written in some sort of "futuristic" type from previous century
Ever since I learned the cyrillic alphabet this hurts me, mostly cuz it makes me remember that I did the same thing... (and also makes me realize I cannot speak russian plsdonttellmyteacherthx)
@Cardboard Homestar yes sorry, I have to hold down a button on my keyboard to switch language and it sometimes does not work :/ (But thank you for correction :) )
The long cable is a sneaky way to frame your neighbors for treason. You can put rock and roll at max volume, go in their appartment so the neighbors hear the american music through the paper thin walls.
- DankPods reviewing romanian top-tier premium headphones Romanians: Yeaaah, we are here! - DankPods reviewing soviet utilitarian OK-ish headphones Russians: Yeaaah, we are here!
Me: live in Russia and every Soviet thing is a rarity and worth a lot Some english speaking guy in YT: look at this new Soviet headphones which I bought for 5$
Mirko Valbusa well, we don't have soviet stuff laying around on the shelfs in the store :) most of them can be found stored in the garage of some elder people or attic out in the countryside.
Хз, их выставляют на барахолках, они есть в каждом доме и до сих пор используемы, сходи на блошиный рынок, там куча вещиц, и стоят они в частности в пределах тех самых 5 долларов
I should say that is an awesome review. I really appreciate your tries to translate and ubderstand. so some answers: 1. Long cables were designed to be able to seat away few meters from TV set or a radio. 2. echo is for "эхо" 3. п - right, л - left 4. stereo phonic - double channel sound 5. three copies of same guarantee receipt is for cutting a receipt, one is left to buyer, one goes to shop/service, an one goes to factory/higher level service in case of factory fault during pruduction. each stamp number and date refers to a certain PERSON, so if smth is stolen or mixed during production , they could find and prosecute. yeah, amazing 😂
I had these 30 years ago. Just the same, but with both volume handlers present. And original headphones had a DIN 5-pin-connector at the edge of the long cable. Oh, the Russian name is “TDS”
And the last headphones in row - Amphiton - I too had them as well, it was a stereo pair to the Russian cassette player/Walkman of 90’s with the same name Amphiton. It had one advantage feature - two headphone outputs, so you can share your music with a friend)
@@saltycadet5904 USSR never collapsed it was dissolved. Infact the USSR voters voted 63% in favor of the USSR. As well as the majority of it's sattalite states voted for them. I don't think it's a matter of politics however, I just think it's inaccurate too say they collapse... More like they were undemocraticly dissolved. Regardless of support for socialism... Russia only got worse after the USSR.
@@Johnny.Picklez you do realise you just described a country collapsing yes? I mean if the majority of people in it were truly willing and wanting for it to exist (which wasn't even the case, especially in the satellite states run by cartoonish dictators) and it didn't, thats the textbook definition of a state collapsing no? And calling the ussr socialist is the best way to have a bunch of angry communists and socialists explaining to you why that's not the case 😂
@@DimT670 yes very true I just don't like the broad definition atleast some nuisance should be had. And agreed the USSR was never socialist more state capital) / a strange social democracy... It's hard to critique the USSR simply because it was the first of it kind. Either way it's more then just "collapse" as in everyone revolted or however one might assume
"The phone is on the phone" is one of the best translations i could think of for "headphones". btw the 1:1 translation is "Phone for head". Great video! would love to see more weird headphones like that.
Hi , I would like to see 🙈 and then the other one is a very famous joke about it and get it figured out when I watched it was for the parent and I was about anthrax and then he said that he said he said he would be the best time for you to get the replacement is not 🚭 or do you have no real proof of pounds to get a good one of the MOLESTING rights and the first one of those things to go there and y but it was for a laugh and then I will get it to the store for the parent chunk
My Dad can speak Polish (my Dads side of the family is Polish, he was born in Australia and so was I) and somehow my Dad said that Polish is a very simple language even though it really doesn't seem that way. The only things i've picked up from him (and of course my Babcia and Ciocia arguing) is a few swear words they yell out in Polish. All in all, the only thing I can really say i've learnt about speaking Polish is that swearing in Polish is addictive (to me at least).
помню в середине 80-х когда в Березке в Москве купил однокассетнуюкассетную стереомагнитолу НАЦИОНАЛПАНАСОНИК , долго не мог подключить к ней стереонаушники ТДС-5 , так как ни в одном радиомагазине не бывало в продаже миниджеков 3.5 , даже моно , не только стерео. Я даже не знал как он должен выглядеть , на всех наушниках был 5-пиновый штекер , как и на советских магнитофонах. Кое-как достал джек 3.5 с переходником на 5-пин , но тот был моно и я мог слышать лишь левый канал. Лишь гораздо позже , увидев у кого-то самодельный стерео- джек 6.7мм. я узнал конструкцию и вручную сделал из своего моно стереоверсию , а через пару лет в магазинах свободно появились недорогие переходники )))
Fun fact: the ОТК (Отдел Технического Контроля; “Division of Technical Control”) stamp is placed to signify that a product has reached minimum manufacturing requirements, usually meaning to a military standard. Basically a proof that a product has passed quality control, as products that failed the tests wouldn’t be allowed to be sold.
Military? LOL, no. The factories that produced anything for the army had a separate military quality control dept (army folks literally) and civil folks could barely ever get a hold of military qualified products. But if you somehow did you could be pretty sure it was aerospaceworthy quality.
@@gustavevilleneuvedehoff-un5459 lmao not to be that guy, but my grandfather was a telecommunications engineer for the Soviet space program, and he taught me what it meant. I appreciate the input, but it is a stamp to certify that something has been constructed to a military standard.
NO YOU’RE WRONG I’m a native Russian and I am absolutely sure that телефон головной translates as THE PHONE IS ON THE PHONE давай ты мне тут не выдумывай короче, всё правильно перевелось)))
Кстати а телефон головной, довольно таки дословный перевод Headphones. Было бы забавно, если бы они оставили такой вариант названия а не меняли бы его на наушники. « я купил головной телефон от Маршал, в них звук такой чистый» или что-то на подобии этого)
BTW, it's so hilarious but sweet that our ussr developers just already transliterated naming "headphones" from a foreign product they had in those times in their hands. Our russian word is closer to "on ear" for now with a suffix suitable for the structure of speech, but in those times...😂
The polls on the internet is a little bit of the best channels on RU-vid and I was about to say that religion ☯️ is the only thing that I know of the e is a cult and I don't think I have to do you assume you have to do that one Crew in the world 🌍 y tho so I don't think so much but you know what I mean but I don't think 🤔 is not a country but it was not completely sure CJ coo foo ish is well of shit and I was about to say that religion is a very famous thing that is not the best channels ever 🤮 I'm j trolling
Man using a soviet headphones, which are designed to work for AGES. if u will die, but it will work normally after AGES. Soviet production has a usage resources for ages
its amazing how bad all the translate apps out there are. I tried using Google lens. which got orthodynamic stereo. While better thats still missing like half of it. damn
The “old stereo” recordings were like that because variable panning was not invented yet. Not by choice. You could have a track 100% in the left speaker or the right speaker, and that’s it.
