1855 leon scott de martville phonautograph

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  • 1877 Thomas Edison phonograph cylinder

  • 1887 chichester bell and charles tainter graphophone

  • 1895 emilie berliner gramaphone recorded

  • 1898 valdemar poulseen magnetic wire recording

  • 1940 jack mullin reel to reel tape

  • 1948 peter goldmark LP Record

  • 1958 RCA victor tape cartidige

  • 1962 earl muntz stereo-park

  • 1963 phillips compact cassete

  • 1966 frank stanton PlayTape

  • 1967 Phillips MiniCassete

  • 1972 MCA and Phillips Lasser disc

  • 1982 phillips and sony compact disc

  • 1987 sony digital audio tape

  • 1991 Sony MiniDisc

  • 2000 DVD Forum DVD-Audio