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The phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877 in the United States. It was the first machine to record sound.
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The gramophone was invented by Emile Berliner in Germany in 1888. The mechanism was very similar to Edison's phonograph, except that the sounds were stored on a flat disk instead of a cylindrical drum.
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A recorded tape was created by Fritz Pfleumer and his team in the 1920s. This invention originated in Belgium. Magnetic particles generate electrical signals, which are reproduced as sound. -
Cassette Tapes were invented by Lou Ottens and his team in the 1960s in Belgium. Cassette tapes appeared on the market in the 1960s. -
Walkmans were invented in 1979 by engineers from Sony Corporation in Japan. Sony Walkmans could not record sound but they were an instant success -
Compact discs were invented by the electronics companies Philips and Sony in the 1980s in Europe and Japan. The sound is digitally recorded as a series of numbers. -
Mobile phones were invented by the Japanese in 1999.
in japan. People listen to music on their computers or download music from the Internet to their mobile phones.