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Phonograph
Worth about $20.00 in 1877, which is equal to roughly $585.00 today. This is obsolete because there are much higher quality and cheaper ways to listen to music. -
LP Records
LP record prices varied depending on the demand based off of popularity, but the average price would be around $1.25 today. However, in order to play it you would also need a record player, which would be around $50.00 today. Vinyl records are obsolete because they are inefficient now, and there are a lot of easier ways to access music without buying each album individually. Also, vinyl records are not produced nearly as much as they used to be. -
Cassette tapes
Cassette tapes costed what is around an average of $35.00 today. Cassette tapes are obsolete because again, there are now more efficient ways to listen to music. -
Walkman (Cassette Tape Player)
In the 1980's, Walkman's costed around $69.00 - $99.00 dollars. Walkman's are obsolete now because after CDs became popular, the demand for the Walkman fell. -
CDs (Compact Discs)
CDs typically costed around $15.00 - $20.00. CDs became obsolete with the rise of mp3 players and later smartphones, because smartphones were so much more efficient than CDs and you could listen to music anywhere, the demand for CDs fell. -
MP3 Players / iPods
An MP3 Player cost around $800.00, and the first iPods cost $400.00. MP3 Players and iPods became obsolete because as smartphones were released, people said that they had a better audio quality, as well as technology evolving lowering the demand for less recently developped products.