Music Media Timeline

  • phonoautogram

    phonoautogram

    Used to record the human voice by tracing sound waves on smoke-blackened paper or glass. Could not be played back at the time.
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    Music Media Through the Years

  • music box disc

    music box disc

    The graphophone, which uses wax-coated cardboard tubes instead of tinfoil, engraves sound waves.
  • 7-inch 79 rpm record

    7-inch 79 rpm record

  • marconi velvet tone record

    marconi velvet tone record

  • blue amberol records

    blue amberol records

  • victory records

    victory records

  • audiodisc

    audiodisc

  • coloured vinyl record

    coloured vinyl record

  • minifon tape

    minifon tape

  • sound-a-round talking puzzle

    sound-a-round talking puzzle

  • dbx disc

    dbx disc

  • casette tape adapter

    casette tape adapter

  • yaboom box

    yaboom box

  • vinyl disk

    vinyl disk

  • fifth-generation iPod nano

    fifth-generation iPod nano

  • iPhone 6

    iPhone 6

  • iPhone 11

    iPhone 11