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Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville created the phonautograph.
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Charles Cross invents the Paleophone.
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Thomas Edison perfects a cylinder based Phonograph that he invented the previous year.
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Emile Berliner changes the game by inventing the gramophone.
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First electrical recordings made by at the Bell labortories.
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ritz Pfleumer develops magnetic tapes for sound recording.
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Alan Blumlein develops streaos
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Lacquer coated discs are introduced.
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Phillips develops the cassette tape.
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Apple invents mp3 players