record players
- Scope note
- Instruments used for reproducing the sounds recorded onto rotating, usually vinyl, discs. Most particularly and commonly used for the latest, higher fidelity incarnation of the gramophone, which incorporates electronic amplification of sound and electrical power to drive the turntable. For the historical mechanical device invented by Emil Berliner, use 'gramophones.' For Thomas Edison's invention that recorded sound onto cylinders use 'cylinder phonographs.'
- Date of creation: 06-May-2024
Accepted term: 06-May-2024