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Thomas Edison's phongraph
Thomas Edison invented the tinfoil cylinder phongraph, which made the first recording of the human voice. -
Edison Speaking Phonography Company
By 1878, Thomas Edison had lauched his Edison Speaking Phonography Company to produce recording and playback machines, which were intented as dictation machines for business purposes. -
Leon Scott de Martinville's phonautograph
The "phonautograph" was the first device capable of recording sound signals accorded to "The Routledge Guide to Music Technology." Martinville's device could not reproduce sound signals though. -
Gramophone
A guy by the name of Emile Berliner adapter Martinville's idea into a disc music player he called the "gramophone." -
Using the gramophone
In 1896, Eldridge Johnson is the first to use the spring motor record player in a hand-cranked motorized gramophore for Berliner in 1896. Later, the two pair up to form the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1901. -
A New Era
era of the 78 RPM disc standard was born. -
The LP and Era of High Fidelity
Around the 1940s, Columbia introduced the 33-1/3 RPM long-playing record (LP) at about the same time Decca Record Company helped usher in the era of high fidelity with full frequency range recordings. -
Portable Transitor Radio
.D.E.A. releaved the very first portable transistor radio. -
Portable Stereo
Henry Kloss developed the first portable stereo: KLH Model 11. -
Audio Cassett Tape
In 1963, Philips introduced the audio cassette tape format that became very popular.
