Groundbreaking recording devices at The Smithsonian

[Dan C]

It's dangerous to post these historic web sites around here since so many (especially our host) have already covered just about everything. I'm going to take a risk anyway and point you to this site, which has photos and brief explanations of some interesting relics from the past.

Most peculiar is #7, the "Mikiphone Pocket Phonograph" from 1917.

Interesting also is the "Fi-Cord", a little tape recorder that claimed an impressive response of "50-12,000 cps". Seems unlikely to be accurate, doesn't it?

Check out the first Fisher tuner and experimental turntables. :love:

And (gasp!) the very first commercially available Sony CD player.

http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/electrical.html

The rest of the site has cool stuff too:
http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/NMAH.html

Dan C

[SamS]

Very cool!

Thanks for posting, Dan.

[Dave]

That mini is so http://www.gamers-forums.com/smilies/contrib/ruinkai/coolgleamA.gif Dan. Thanks!

[Sckott]

Totally groovy.

I often see that cows and horses always loved the phonogram, always being in the picture of many ads earliest on. Must have been a selling point to middle America at the turn of the century. :D Cows dig music and dancing at the porch! http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/images/PDRM0687e.jpg

[Cafe Jeff]

Thanks for posting that!