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Audio devices
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Phonograph.
Thomas Edison thought of a machine that could record and repeat his voice. Reproduced sound with tin foil cyllinders. -
Gramaphone
Was created by Alexander Gramham Bell in 1898. Produced sound with wax cyllinders. -
Gramaphone Part 2
Emile Berliner created a disk that rocorded sound. The disk was made of vinal material. -
Radio.
The first am radio is inventad and talk shows become public. They learn that music can be sent through the air to the public. -
Wire recorder.
The machine pulls a wire along a magnet and it leaves a recording on the wire which can be replayed. -
Reel-to-reel tapeMagnetic tape
A new way to record music or movies. -
Vinyl record
The vinal disk was engraved with a stilis and it left marks that were in sync with the music. -
Transistor radio.
A piocket sized radio that you could take anywhere. -
cassette
Cassettes come in two forms, either already containing content as a pre-recorded cassette, or as fully recordable "blank" cassette. The tape works like a wire recorder. The tape is magnetic. -
Microcassette
The micro cassette is a smaller sized cassette. The cassette can record up to thirdy minutes. -
surround sound.
The speakers were placed in a place which made the sound more life like. The speakers were louder and bigger. -
Walkman radio.
The first portable radio. The goliath of a portable player used cassettes. -
compact disk.
The plastic and metal disks were recorded by lasers that in a word etched the music into the disk. The disks were magnetic like a cassette. -
mini disk
The mini version of a compact disk. For portable players. -
digital age.
Magnetic tape was thrown out and replaced with the digital age. -
MP3
The first digital player. The small machine used a computer to record music onto it. The music could be played back digitally. -
DVD
The disk could not just play music but also videos. -
Super audio cd.
This cd could offer more playing time and better quality. -
I pod
The Ipod is a music player that can hold tons of music. All the way from the Ipod nanp to the Ipod touch. -
dual disk.
This disk had two sides. On the one there was a cd and on the other there was a dvd.
