What to play vinyl records on

Played on a record player (phonograph).

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A phonograph is a motorized device used to play record recordings; it was invented by American inventor Thomas Edison in 1877. Types of phonographs include box phonographs, desktop tuba, upright phonographs, cabinet phonographs, and professional audiophile phonographs.

A phonograph is a primitive sound-playing device in which sound is stored in curved grooves carved acoustically into the plane of a record (disk). The record was placed on a turntable and rotated under the needle. With the development of technology, the phonograph functionally integrates playback devices from all periods of history, from the earliest vinyl turntables and radios to the current CDs, USBs, Bluetooths and other playback devices.

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From the first phonograph, the field of storage media began. Over the past hundred years, it has continued to innovate, from the initial drums made of tin foil and played on steel needles, which resulted in each drum only being able to play a few times before it was worn out, to the modern DVDs with laser-based audio and video storage software, which have demonstrated an unparalleled audio-visual realm in the 21st Century.

In 1910, Nippon Accumulator Manufacturing Co., Ltd. increased its capital and reorganized itself as Nippon Accumulator Chamber of Commerce, Ltd. After the establishment of Nippon Accumulator, in addition to the production of records, phonographs began to be mass-produced, and competed with imports from Europe and the U.S. In 1914, Nippon Accumulator phonographs and records were introduced to Taiwan in 1910.

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