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Sound carriers' history, from recording to reproduction

Tracing the timeline, we discover the history of sound carriers, double bonded with that of other inventions and the main events of the XX century.

1850-1900: Pioneers and first machinery

1900-2010: The sound carriers, from disc to MP3

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