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Live Performances
(WAY BEFORE 1700) Before listening to music on the radio or records, people often watched live performances of their favorite musician. I wasnt sure of the exact year but before any technology thats what happens..
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Invention of Electricity
None of the inventions listed would be available to us without electricity. Electricity was invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1752. But the idea has been toyed with since 600 BC. :D -
Microphone
Emile Berliner invented the microphone in 1876. Berliner saw a telephone from the Bell Telephone Company and decided to improve it. The Bell Telephone Company bought his patent for $50,000. Microphones are used to record audio. -
Headphones
In the 1930s, Beyerdynamic began marketing some of the world’s first headphones designed for use by the public. The company Web site states that they invented the “first dynamic headphones." -
Cassettes
The first cassette player was introduced to the audio market in 1963 by Philips. It hit the European market initially and came to the United States the following year. This was called the Compact Cassette and became as popular as LPs by the late 1970s -
Apple Inc.
Apple was established in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976 and incorporated January 3, 1977 by Steve Jobs,Steve Wozniak, William Marshal and Robert Apple. -
IXI
Kane Kramer created a prototype, IXI, which was capable of 1 hour of audio playback but was never commercially produced.
He got it patented in 1981. Kramer was then hired by Apple inc. -
Sony Walkman
On July 1, 1979, Sony Corp. introduced the Sony Walkman TPS-L2, a 14 ounce, blue-and-silver, portable cassette player with chunky buttons, headphones and a leather case. It runs on two AA batteries. -
MP3 files patented
The Fraunhofer Institut in Germany began research code-named EUREKA project EU147, Digital Audio Broadcasting in 1987. Then Fraunhofer received a German patent for MP3 in 1989 -
MPMan
Was manufactured by a South Korean company. There is a 32MB and 64MB versions and came in a variety of colors. -
Diamond Rio PMP300
-im not sure of the exact date- Was released in 1998 and was sold for $200. It could only hold 32MB of data. -
HanGo Personal JukeBox
Can hold 5GB(about 1200 songs) of data. You can hook it up to your stereo with the right chords. It was sold for $749. It contains a lithium iron battery which lasts 11 hours fully charged -
Creative NOMAD Jukebox
The Creative NOMAD Jukebox can hold 20GB of data. It supports WAV and MP3s. Uses FireWire and USB connections. -
First Ipod
The first IPod was inrtoduced in 2000 by Apple inc. The first IPod had a wheel that can help you scroll through songs rather than using skip buttons. -
iAudio CW 300
iAudioCW300 is able to play music through any set of headphones or speakers. It has a LCD screen that displays ID3 tags. It also has a FM-tuner. It gets it power from a AA battery. A fully charged battery can play atleast 30hrs of audio. -
Ipod U2
A more sleek verison of the IPod 4th generation. It can hold 20 GB (5000 songs) of data. It has a Lithium Ion battery that can playback 12 hours of songs. -
Ipod Shuffle first generation
The first Ipod shuffle was introduced in 2005. It only holds 1GB of data and doesnt have a screen. It plays random songs and relies on Autofill on Itunes to get songs, -
First Iphone
iPhone, a convergence of an Internet-enabled smartphone and iPod. The iPhone features a 3.5-inch (89 mm) touch screen display, 4, 8, or 16 GB of memory. -
First Ipod Touch
The first ipod touch introduced in 2007. Different versions can hold 8-32GB of data. One of the first touch screen mp3 players. -
Creative ZEN X-Fi2
Unlike most other touch-screen players, at the time, the X-Fi2 operates in landscape mode with a 3 inch TFT LCD screen. The MP3 player comes in two versions 8gb and 16 gb. its the first touch screen mp3 -
Ipod touch 4th generation
Its the best mp3 around. It can do anything that an iPhone can do. except having a data service. It has a camera. It can play videos and movies. There is a wide variety of apps.
