A phonograph, later called a gramophone, and since the 1940s a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of sound.
Thomas Edison with his second cylinder phonograph, photographed by Levin Corbin Handy in Washington, D.C., April 1878
Emile Berliner with the first disk gramophone he developed, in Hanover, Germany
An Edison Standard Phonograph that uses wax cylinders
Wood engraving published in The Illustrated Australian News, depicting a public demonstration of new technology at the Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia) on 8 August 1878.
Technics is a Japanese audio brand established by Matsushita Electric in 1965. Since 1965, Matsushita has produced a variety of HiFi and other audio products under the brand name, such as turntables,
Technics SL-1200 with Directdrive (1972–2010, 2016)
Technics SL-10 with Directdrive and linear-tracking (1980–1984)
SA-202, typical Receiver (c. 1980)
Technics RS-M212 dual cassette deck for both Compact Cassette and Microcassette (1981)