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  • Phonoautograph

    Phonoautograph
    Created on 1857 by Eduard Leon Scott.
    When phonographs started appearing in private homes in the early 20th century, there was a radical shift. The living room or wherever the machine was, replaced the concert hall and the club.
  • Phonograph

    Phonograph
    It was invented on 1877 by Thomas Edison.
    The sound vibration waveforms are recorded as corresponding physical deviations of a spiral groove. To recreate the sound, the surface is similarly rotated while a playback stylus traces the groove and is therefore vibrated by it, very faintly reproducing the recorded sound.
  • Gramophone

    Gramophone
    It was created by Emilie Berliner.
    Improved upon previous models that were made by Thomas Edison and Alexander Bell toward the end of 19th century by adopting new storage medium that enabled much easier manufacture, good sound quality improved length of recordings and much easier handling.
  • Lp Vinyl record

    Lp Vinyl record
    Created on 1948 created by Columbia Records.
    Is an analog sound storage medium, a vinyl record format characterized by its speed. It has remained the standard format for vinyl album
  • Boombox

    Boombox
    Crated by Phillips of the Netherlands.
    A boombox is a portable radio that usually comes with a cassette player, amplifier, AM/FM radio, speakers, and can be carried around with a handle.
  • Walkman

    Walkman
    Wlkman was invented by the brand "Sony". The original prototype was built from a heavily modified Sony Pressman, a lightweight, compact tape recorder designed for journalists. By replacing the recording head with a playback head, and the speaker with an amplifier.
  • Sony CDP-101

    Sony CDP-101
    It was created by the brand "Sony".
    Had the disc placed vertically in the machine allowing the CD face to be visible through a transparent front whilst playing.