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Phonautograph
The first device capable of recording sound signals was Léon Scott de Martinville’s 1857 invention called the “phonautograph.” -
Tinfoil Cylinder
Thomas Edison’s tinfoil cylinder phonograph made the first recording of the human voice in 1877. -
Gramophone
Berliner’s gramophone became especially marketable through the invention of the spring motor record player, as first used by Eldridge Johnson in a hand-cranked motorized gramophone for Berliner in 1896. -
78 RPM
Their 1905 Victrola became the industry’s premiere disc phonograph, and the era of the 78 RPM disc standard was born (Holmes 2006). -
Electrical Recording
By the 1920s, innovation in electrical recording and amplification systems combined with the advent of magnetic recording to help drive the recording industry for the next two centuries -
33-1/3 RPM long-playing record (LP)
In the 1940s, Columbia introduced the 33-1/3 RPM long-playing record (LP) at about the same time the Decca Record Company helped usher in the era of high fidelity with full frequency range recordings. -
Audio Cassette
In 1963, Phillips introduced the audio cassette tape format that eventually became popular among home audio enthusiasts. -
Ipod
he MP3 format (which had been in development since 1987) would launch the digital audio player revolution that achieved meteoric success with the introduction of Apple’s iPod in 2001 (Holmes 2006). -
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Compact and Mini discs
digital mediums such as compact discs (1988) and minidiscs (1992).
