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Edison's Cylinder Phonograph
Thomas Edison came up with a way to listen to sound. He created the Cylinder Player. This was also the first way to listen to telephone messages -
Music On The Radio
The radio broadcasting of music and talk intended to reach a dispersed audience started experimentally around 1905–1906, and commercially around 1920 to 1923. VHF (very high frequency) stations started 30 to 35 years later. -
The record
In 1931, RCA Victor launched the first commercially available vinyl long-playing record.Records, or discs, of varying speeds and materials have actually been around since the early 1900s.They were made out of shellac which made the records noisy and fragile. -
The Vinyl Record
n 1948, thanks to CBS, we were introduced to the world's first LP (Long Play) record. Created by Peter Goldmark, this vinyl record had a capacity of around 21 minutes per side and was 12 inches wide, playing at a speed of 33 1/3 RPM. -
Cassette Tapes
The Cassette Tape was invented by Phillips in 1962 over in Europe. It is not until the 1970's however that they became and popular recording device -
The 8-Track tape
The 8-track taps were popular from 1965-1970's. They weren't very big and they were starting the beginning of portable technology. They consisted of a never-ending loop of magnetic tape and the tape was about 1/4 of an inch wide. -
Boom Box
The first boombox was developed by the inventor of the audio compact cassette, Philips of the Netherlands. Their first 'Radiorecorder' was released in 1966. ... Boomboxes were soon also developed in Japan in the early 1970s and soon became popular there due to their compact size and impressive sound quality. -
CD
In 1974, Philips had the initial idea for CDs as a replacement for records and cassettes. During the same time Sony was also working on their own prototype. Sony’s offering was first demoed in 1976. -
Portable CD player
The first portable CD player released was the D-50 by Sony. The D-50 was made available on the market in 1984, and adopted for Sony's entire portable CD player line. -
MP3 player
The MP3 player was the invention that could make music storage files alot smaller without messing with the sound. MP3 stands for MPEG Audio Player 3. -
The Apple iPod
On October 23rd, 2001, the present day music storage devices could not match up to Steve Job's invention of the Apple iPod. -
The Flash Drive
The 128 gigabyte flashdrive came onto the scene in 2009. They are only 3 inches long and can hold up to 128 gigabytes of media. -
Spotify & Apple music
nowadays most people use phones and or devices to use music.On apps like SoundCloud,Spotify,Apple Music,pandora,ect