Audio Players By josh rogers Dec 5, 2016 Léon Scott de Martinville’s 1857 invented phonautograph Dec 5, 2016 Emile Berliner invented the gramophone 1887 Dec 5, 2016 Thomas Edison’s invented the first recording of the human voice in 1877 Dec 5, 2016 1920s, innovation in electrical recording and amplification systems Dec 5, 2016 1940s, Columbia introduced the 33-1/3 RPM long-playing record Dec 5, 2016 1963, Phillips introduced the audio cassette tape format Dec 6, 2016 Sony developed the first digital audio recording in 1978. Dec 6, 2016 DVD videodiscs and players are introduced in 1997