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Phonautograph
The "Phonautograph" was the first device capable of recording sound signals, Martinville's device could not reproduce sound signals though. -
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Time of Audio Players
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Gramophone
A guy by the name of Emile Berliner adopted Martinville's idea into a disc music player he called the Gramophone. -
Tin Foil Cylinder Phonograph
Thomas Edison invented the Tin Foil Cylinder Phonograph, which made the first recording of the human voice. -
Jukebox
Jukeboxes were invented as a coin operated stereo, it contains a mechanism to select songs and play them -
Very First Portable Radio
I.D.E, the very first portable transistor radio -
Cassate
Casstes were invented with a polyster type plastic film with a type of magnetic coating. -
First Portable Stereo
Henry Kloss developed the first portable stereo -
Audio Cassate Tape Fomat
Phillips introduced the audio cassete tape format that became very popular in the 1960's. -
8 Track Tapes
8 track tapes were introduced yo bring portable music into cars. -
Walkman
Sony introduced "The Walkman" a portable audio cassette tape player, initianally called the "SoundAbout" -
CD Player
the CD player was ivented to play discs with music -
Compact discs
Around this time, Sony introduced compact discs. -
D- Soportable CD Player
sony introduced the D- Soportacle CD Player -
Mini CD Player
On May 15, 1990 the mini CD player, made with almost pure polycarbonate plastic was invented -
MP Man
Mp3, a variety of metal and plastic. was made by Stephen. A Korean company which made an mp3 player called the mpman and it appeared on the shelves in the summer of 1998. -
Mini Discs
in the year of 1992, mini discs came about. -
Walkman 2
a wWlkman similar to Mp3 Player was created. -
Apple's First IPod
in 2001 Apple introduced the very first IPod. This IPod consisted of 5 or 10 GB and included a mechanical scroll wheel. -
I Pod Classic 2
Between the years 2002- 2004, Apple came out with the I Pod Classic 2 that brought about touch sensitive controls, along with zen touch. -
I Pod Mini
Jan 6, 2004 I Pod mini was invented -
I Pod Nano
On July 1, 2004 the I Pod Nano was invented to play music. -
I Pod Shuffle
I Pod Shuffle- Apple released the IPod Shuffle, it has no screen and could only hold up to 10 GB of space. -
I Pod Touch
Ipod touch- between the years of 2007-2008, apple brought the Ipod touch. the very first of its kind -
Iphone
the Iphone- the IPhone deputs merging audio, video, computing, and connectivity. The Iphone has quickly become the standerd for portable multiple media -
Beats
Hi definition Beats were created by Dr, Dre
