Record player

History of Audio

  • Emile Berliner is Born

    Emile Berliner is Born
    Emile Berliner would later invent the vinyl record and gramaphone. The gramaphone is a record player that plays the disc, and not cylindrical records.
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  • Invention of the Phonograph

    Invention of the Phonograph
    The Phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877 in New Jersey. Early records were cylindrical but were later made into disks.
  • Invention of the Radio

    Invention of the Radio
    Guglielmo Marconi invented the first radio in 1895 in Italy. In 1906 a Massachusetts resident Reginald Fessenden was the first person to have their voice broadcasted over the radio.
  • Upgrade to the Radio

    Upgrade to the Radio
    The Car Radio allowed people to listen to traffic reports and events wherever and whenever they wanted.
  • Steve Jobs is born

    Steve Jobs is born
    Steve Jobs the inventor of the iPod and Apple is born in San Francisco, California.
  • Invention of the Cassette tape

    Invention of the Cassette tape
    In 1962, the Philips Company invented an upgrade to the phonograph called the cassette tape. It later would become popular in the 1970's.
  • History of the iPod

    History of the iPod
    Apple introduces iTunes digital jukebox software. In 2002 the second generation iPod can hold up to 4,000 songs.
  • Upgrade to the iPod

    Upgrade to the iPod
    The iPod Touch was an upgrade to the iPod that allowed games to be played, more music, a camera, and much more.