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Nostalgia FM: 6 legendary music gadgets

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December 7, 1877 terribly clever Thomas Edison phonograph demonstrated to the world - the invention, which subsequently won the ears and hearts of millions of music lovers around the world.

Editorial Droider decided to pay tribute to

Memory discoverer of the musical world, and sat down at an imaginary DJ mixer in the studio "Nostalgia FM", to play a couple of sets in the name of gadgets, from which music lovers show through tears of happiness.

Recorder

Квентин знает толк в музыке

The principle of operation of tape recorders or "reels" was first developed in 1888 Oberlaynom Smith, who in 1878 did not just dropped into the laboratory of Edison. However, the laurels of the winner and the title of founder of the first operating device is not got Smith and Danish engineers Valdemar Poulsen, who in 1895 introduced the "telegrafon" - the parent of the modern recorder.

"Reel" permanently settled in the life of the inhabitant of the last century, by chance became a real wealth of modern cinema. Being attractive on the outside and in fact, it can be found in "Apocalypse Now" by Francis Ford Coppola, and in the "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner, and "Pulp Fiction" by Quentin Tarantino.

Turntable

Винил

Electrophone - for history, turntable - for "Wikipedia", "spinner" - for the DJ, "vinilnik" - for the music lover. In music, all of the above means velvet and "live" sound. Surprisingly, vinyl, appeared before the Second World War, and remains popular today. In the history of this format is the sharp decline in popularity came at the end of the 1980s, when the sale appeared CDs. Studio still does not skimp on the production of new records and players, and buyers and this only too happy to continue to carry their money in the stores.

Magic Vinyl is primarily an aesthetic pleasure that you get from the process of listening. Vinyl love for softness and 'warmth' of sound that can be sent only analog recording.

Boombox

Бумбокс

Great toy for children from poor neighborhoods was invented in 1975 by twin brothers Stacy and Scott Vёlfel. The world's first boom box is a wooden building, which were mounted speakers and car stereos.

This type of audio system was funny and cheeky nickname "gettoblaster" Largely due to the fact that enjoyed unprecedented popularity among African American adolescents, for whom "jam", "rap" and "Battle" - not just words, but a lifestyle.

Cassette Player

Плеер Sony Walkman WM-FX421

Since the 1950s, the world's leading designers were obsessed with a headache: how to simplify the handling of magnetic tape and compact it? We offer solutions in general were reduced to two options: either two coils with ribbon united in one body-cassette or tape placed one core with a roll of tape glued to the ring.

Back in 1950 the New York company Mohawk Business Machines Company introduced the "world's first pocket tape recorder" - Midget Recorder. It was this friend was for everyone else "cassette" father, including for mega Sony Walkman WM-FX421.

Digital player

CD-карман

The first portable digital player was Sony Discman D-50, invented between 1982 and 1984. At the same CD-players changed the world forever. Explain why and how it happened, in our opinion, very unwise. So just say that pockets of today's young people, will never be the same as in 80-90 years.

iPod Classic

Плеер iPod Classic

The popular iPod Classic in September this year, the left-deserved rest. This model was for "apple" of the company's guide to the elite. But in a world where Soup polls are connected to the network, and streaming music supersedes all and everything, there is no room devices like iPod.

"IPod was one in a million. E it was inevitable that something had to take his place. You know, in 2003 or 2004, we began to ask ourselves what can kill the iPod. And then at Apple, we knew it was streaming music. We called it "a celestial jukebox", and now he is already with us. Today, with the help of artificial intelligence, our "machine" can find the perfect song for every situation, "- says one of the creators of iPod Tony Fadell


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