audio player timeline By airburris Dec 24, 1877 Edison Invents Phonograph Nov 8, 1887 Emile Berliner Invents Disc Player Called Gramophone May 16, 1946 Wurlitzer Piano and Organ Company Invents Coin Operated Jukebox Sep 16, 1955 Earl Muntz Invents 8-track Tapes Nov 11, 1962 The Philips company invents the cassette tape Oct 24, 1982 Sony invented the compact disk or now known as CD Oct 23, 2001 Apple comes out with first portable music player Sep 5, 2007 Apple comes out with first touch screen portable music player Nov 11, 2008 Beats By Dr. Dre high definition headphones come out
