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The History Of

Digital Music
By: Michaela Blake

Radio
First made in early 1930s
First FM radio in 1933

Cassettes
Introduced in1962
The first source for digital music
The first cassette was made by the Phillips
Company
Named the Compact Cassette

Boombox

Also known as a ghetto blaster


It was introduced in 1970
Best feature was the speakers
It was large and battery powered

The CD
Introduced in 1982
The cost was $2000 and $12-16
Prices dwindled over the years

Now in vehicles

Discman

Introduced in 1984
Used to play CDs
Replaced the Cassette
Could skip tracks
Better sound quality
Portable

MiniDisc
It was introduced in 1992
Light, pocket sized, portable

MP3 Player

It was introduced in 1998


Originally called the MP-Man
High quality digital music
Transferred from a computer
First ever Hard-Drive based MP3

Apple iPod
It was introduced in 2001
Later devices, iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano,
iPod Mini

The iPhone

Introduced in 2007
Developed from the iPod
First was released in June 2007
Newer models developed
Combines digital music, phone and
camera

Sources

simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_cassette
http://www.recording-history.org/HTML/musicbiz7.php
www.copynotify.com
www.geeksandbeats.com
http://
www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/05/09/portablemusic
abovegroundmagazine.com
www.atomicwarehouse.com
www.radioera.com
www.simplyhousewares.com
hellogiggles.com
en.wikipedia.org
apple.stackexchange.com
www.breakingnewspak.com
http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3659

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