Late 1800s-Early 1900s
1920's-1950's
The 60's
70's -80's
90's and beyond
100
Created in 1910 - it is this device seen here
Headphones
100
In 1925 the Victrola Phonograph was created and gave a superior sound for playing these
Vinyl Record
100
In 1962, Jim Marshall and company worked on creating this
that allowed for the robust sound that Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton and legions of other guitarists would come to prefer
JTM45 Amplifier
100
This arrived in 1979 as a convenient, fashionable way to make an already portable innovation even more portable
The Sony Walkman
100
With this artist's 1998 song "Believe" is "widely credited with injecting Auto-Tune's mechanical modulations into pop.
Cher
200
What is the oldest form of recorded music?
A wax cylinder.
200
In 1948 Columbia Records created the first LP. Why is this important?
The LP Record allowed multiple songs on one record
200
Revealed at a 1963 fair in Berlin, Phillips found a way to make music even more accessible through this device.
Compact Cassette Tape
200
While this invention was created earlier - in 1982, Billy Joel's 52nd Street became commercially available on this technology - instantly threatening extinction for vinyl and cassettes
The CD
200
Who was dubbed the king of Auto-Tune
T-Pain
300
In 1877 British telegraph pioneer David Edward Hughes is commonly recognized creator of this first functioning instrument that converts soundwaves into electrical energy.
The microphone
300
This was created in 1935
A reel to reel tape recorder
300
Created in 1965, this device allowed for endless loop playing.
The 8 Track Tape
300
In 1986, two years after Japanese electronics manufacturer Akai broke ground, they busted open possibilities for hip-hop and electronic producers venturing beyond their tables' mix-match capabilities with this invention
The S900 sampler 
300
This extension was created in 1995 and gave way to an unforeseen snowball effect on the music industry.
MP3
400
What was the first song recorded on a phonograph by Thomas Edison in 1877.
Mary Had a Little Lamb
400
Before Auto-Tune, The Vocoder (1940), had what function?
Altering a singer's pitch
400
How did the invention of the 8-Track tape change the way we travel?
They were pitched to car makers and allowed for people to bring their music along for the ride.
400
In March 1989, British computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee drafted a proposal to ease virtual communication through an interlinked series. This was the beginning of what?
The World Wide Web
400
This company created in 1999 was a peer to peer file sharing company that gave way to the rise of sharing song files.
Eventually causing several lawsuits against pirating.
Napster
500
German-born US inventor Emile Berliner patented the very first vinyl record player called
Gramophone
500
In 1954 this handheld device, the TR-1, was brought to market by Regency and Texas Instruments.
Regency TR-1 Transistor Radio
500
In 1968, Osbourne Ruddock (better known as King Tubby) pioneered this early form of electronic music.
dub music
500
Similar to the Walkman - this portable device came out in 1984
The Discman
500
This device came out in 2001 and has been the standard of personal music devices ever since.
iPod