History of Audio

  • THE PHONOGRAPH

    THE PHONOGRAPH

    Thomas Edison invented the Phonograph for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound.
  • THE GRAMOPHONE

    THE GRAMOPHONE

    A guy by the name of Emile Berliner adapted Martinville’s idea into a disc music player he called the "gramophone."
  • TALKING MACHINE COMPANY

    TALKING MACHINE COMPANY

    Berliner and Johnson eventually joined interests to form the Victor Talking Machine Company.
  • ELECTRICAL RECORDING ON DISC

    ELECTRICAL RECORDING ON DISC

    Bell Labs develops a armature lateral cutting system for electrical recording on disc.
  • RCA L1 LOUDSPEAKER

    RCA L1 LOUDSPEAKER

    The RCA L-1 loudspeaker was created as a reference- standard control- room monitor.
  • PORTABLE CASSETTE PLAYER

    PORTABLE CASSETTE PLAYER

    The first portable cassette player was created and was first introduced in Japan, but later came to the U.S
  • DISCMAN

    DISCMAN

    Sony partnered with Philips to Create the D-50 Which became known as the Discman
  • MP3 PLAYER

    MP3 PLAYER

    The first hard- drive based MP3 Player was created.
  • THE MP3 PLAYERS CHANGE`

    THE MP3 PLAYERS CHANGE`

    The MP3 Players become smaller ( Ipod mini, nano, and shuffle)
  • IPOD TOUCH

    IPOD TOUCH

    IPOD TOUCH INCORPORATES APPLICATIONS AND TOUCH SCREENS ON ITS DEVICES