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There was a time before the telephone, the bulb and telegraph. But it definitely was a lot different than the time after it, the time which we are familiar with. Here's how Thomas Alva Edison came up with the phonograph, and showed people how they could listen to their favorite songs again, and again, and again.
As there was advancement in technology, the basic form and shape of the Dictaphone too underwent a change. The operations of the recording machines became more sophisticated and the sound quality too improved a lot. Generally the whole form of the Dictaphones changed and by 1947, the Dictaphones were replaced by Dictabelt which had a mechanical groove which cut into a plastic belt instead of the wax cylinders.
Is it possible / would it be easy to modify a hand-cranked victrola or phonograph to play 45 or 33rmp records?
I've wondered about this for quite some time now and don't really know much about the players. Did they ever make crankers that played 33 or 45? Can it be easily modified to play at another speed?
33 and 45 rpm records are pressed from vinyl plastic which is too soft to be played with an acoustic pickup without damage. if you ever handled an Edison 78 rpm disk, it is like ceramic, which is why they shattered easily. the needle in the victrola is too fat to fit in the microgroove used for all 45 and 33 records. and the audio would sound very tinny as the RIAA equalization curve used for electrically recorded audio would emphasize the high frequencies. but yes it would be possible.
It wasn't until 1964 that the industry saw a leap in music media technology. Until then, record sales had been popular, but society was demanding a more portable form of recorded music. 1964 brought the 8 track tape into the music industry. 8 tracks were a big boost for the music industry because they were more durable and easier to carry than a record. 8 track tapes could be played at home or in the car. In the early 1970s, the cassette tape began to replace 8 tracks as the primary media for the music industry. Cassette tapes were smaller, more durable, and better quality than 8 tracks. For the next 20 years, cassette tapes allowed it to mass produce more music than ever before. Fans had musical freedom to carry their choice of music nearly everywhere with them after the invention of the Sony Walkman in the late 1970s. Both radio and cassettes could be played directly into headphones with the Walkman, revolutionizing the way people listened to music. In the early 1980s, compact discs once again changed the way we listened to music. Compact discs had a clearer sound quality than cassette disks, and they were much smaller to store. Compact discs are still popular, but the most recent advance in technology to benefit this industry is the internet. Downloading music is now one of the most common ways for people to support the music industry. Music can be downloaded to cell phones, mp3 players, and I Pods.
The music industry has weathered a lot of change in the way they deliver music to us. Over the years, they've found the most technologically advanced ways to get music into our homes and our lives. Modern music is available nearly anytime, or anywhere, often not even requiring a computer. You can bet it will continue to lead the entire entertainment industry in finding new ways to keep our attention..