Audio Players

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  • First Music Box

    First Music Box
    The first ever music box was made accidentally. It could fit into into pockets and started becoming popular when factories opened up.

  • Phonograph created

    Phonograph created
    The first ever phonograph was created by Thomas Edison. It would record sounds and change audios. It worked by using Vibration waveforms.

  • Gramophone

    Gramophone
    The gramophone was created by Emile Berliner. The difference between a gramophone and a phonograph was that the gramophone used a spinning disk. This was the first commerically available record player that played disks of music.

  • Headphones

    Headphones
    The first headphones were created in 1910 by inventor Nathaniel Baldwin. They were made from plastic cups containing three-inch speakers which is the reason they were uncomfortable to wear for a long period of time.

  • Magnetophon Tape Recorder

    Magnetophon Tape Recorder
    In germany some inventors made the first ever tape recorder. Eduard Shuller made the recorders and the playback needle.

  • Vocoder

    Vocoder
    An inventor in a lab by the name of Homer Dudley came up with the vocoder. The vocoder made it easier for conversations to be heard over long distances. It was really important during WWII so the president could converse with others during long distances over the ocean.

  • First Portable Cassette Tape

    First Portable Cassette Tape
    The first cassette tape was made by a dutch company by the name of Phillips. It works by containing a magnetic tape that contains iron so when it comes to contact with a magnetic field it causes a reaction which is what causes music to play.

  • Walkman

    Walkman
    Nobotushi Kihara was one of the main inventors of the walkman. He worked with Sony and made the invention possible. It was a huge hit and was first made with aluminum then they made all the other models with plastic. Walkmans are essentially portable audio players and recorders.

  • MP3 Player

    MP3 Player
    The Mp3 player was so special since it stored songs in a computerd format called MP3. The storage drive on this thing was so small but it contained many files. Most of these files were songs. The small drive is what made it so popular since it was small and portable.

  • Ipod Is Introduced

    Ipod Is Introduced
    After many audio playing technologies came out the Ipod seemed to be one of the greatest ones. It had a mechanical scroll wheel which allowed music to be looked through easily. It also had about 5gb of storage which was more than enough for looking through music.