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Tinfoil Cylinder Phonograph
Thomas Edison’s tinfoil cylinder phonograph, which made the first recording of the human voice -
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 -
Vinyl Record
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Recording Tape
3M introduced a “plastic-based recording tape with a magnetic oxide coating” -
Audio Cassette Tape
Phillips introduced the audio cassette tape format that eventually became popular among home audio enthusiasts -
Audio Recording Devices
Sony developed the first digital audio recording devices to be used by professional studios. -
Compact Disc
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Digital Compact Casette
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iPod
Apple -
Payaway
