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The Phonautograph was invented in 1857 by Leon Scott de Martinville and could record sound, it also later lead to the creation of the gramophone
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The Phonograph,invented by thomas edison,was similar to the phonautograph because it could record sound like a human voice,not only could it do that but it also record music to be listened to.
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The gramophone was a device created by Emile Berliner and was the first ever device to play a disc of recorded music
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By 1896 the gramophone was put on the market and rebranded as the victrola also becoming the first commercially available record player.
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In 1905 the 78 rpm standard was introduced,this made shoopers sure that their records would play on their victrolas and play correctly.
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In 1954,the first transistor radio was invented, allowing people to carry music around with them.
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The first portable stereo placed speakers into a record player,allowing people to take the record player wherever they want.
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The audio cassette is much like the portable stereo eccept smaller and could be used for mixtapes.
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The 8-track tape brought recorded music into cars long before car radios.
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The sony walkman was much like ther audio cassette,but now listeners could listen to music through their headphones.
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The compact disc offerred high quality sound and durability compared to the audio cassette
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The mp3 player allowed listeners to listen to audio files from a pc.
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The apple ipod replaced the mp3 player being slightly higher quality.
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The iPod Touch served as a music player, but also offered access to the Apple App Store, games and other features.