Happy Birthday Phonograph

August 12 1877 Thomas Edison invents the phonograph. Still going….145 years.

juanmanuelfangioii08-12-2022 12:01pm

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thecarpathian Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,362 posts 08-12-2022 at 12:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Best to give equal billing to Emile Berliner...
jasonbourne52 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,863 posts 08-12-2022 at 12:46pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Remarkable invention considering Edison was deaf!
jasonbourne52 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,863 posts 08-12-2022 at 12:49pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Got to give credit to Emile Berliner for inventing the flat disc back in 1889. That allowed for greatly increased production compared to Edison’s cylinders!
juanmanuelfangioii OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion 958 posts 08-12-2022 at 01:07pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Not really today is the anniversary of the gramophone not the flat disc. Berliner also in vented the microphone. Chicken or the egg, no.
luxmancl38 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 580 posts 08-12-2022 at 09:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Flat disc vs cylinders. Was this audios first format war??
mattmiller Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,497 posts 08-12-2022 at 09:54pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The Disc's were much more fun for comedians than the cylinders back then. Smash! LOL
theo Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,684 posts 08-13-2022 at 03:25am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Well the album jackets and storage worked out a lot better than the cylinder. And we get 2 sides to play...bonus!

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