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Ediphone
The Ediphone, or phonograph cylinder, is the earliest commercial medium for recording and reproducing sound. One of the earliest surviving recordings recorded on an Ediphone: HERE -
Wire Recording
Magnetic Wire Recording is an analog type of audio stroage in which a magnetic recording is made on a thin stell or stainless steel wire. The wire is pulled rapidly across a recording head which magnetizes each point along the wire in accordance with the intensity and polarity of the electrical audio signal. -
Reel-to-reel
Reel-to-reel audio tape recording is a form of magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording medium is held on a reel, rather than being securely contained within a cassette. More info HERE -
Vinyl Record
Vinyl Records are an anlog sound storage medium in the form of a flat polyvinyl chloride disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.
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RCA tape cartridge
The RCA tape cartridge is a magnetic tape format that was designed to offer stereo quarter-inch reel-to-reel tape recording quality in a convenient format for the consumer market. -
4-track
The 4-track featured a magnetic tape sound recording cartridge technology that could be played in in-car tape players called Autostereos. -
8-tracks
8-tracks were magnetic tape sound recording technology but was taken over by the compact cassette. -
Compact Cassette
Compact cassettes featured magnetic tape for recording audio and playback. Cassettes could be purchased with prerecorded audio or could be purchased as blank cassettes for personal recording. -
Mini-cassette
Mini-cassettes were data storage devices, sold blank for recording your own audio. -
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Quadraphonic
Quadraphonic sound was similar to modern surround sound. It employed the use of four channels in which speakers are positioned at the four corners of the listening space. -
LaserDisc
LaserDisc is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium. -
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Digital Compact Cassette
Introduced to the market to succeed the popular compact cassette. -
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Super Audio CD
Intended to be a successor for Compact Disc, the super audio CD did not really take off. Research from 2007 suggests that there is not significant audio quality difference between CDs and the Super Audio CDs. -
HD DVD
Project was abandoned for the Blu-ray. -
Blu-ray
Capable of storing high-definition video resolution and playing up to 60 frames per second, Blu-ray was designed to supersede the DVD.
