Highway Fidelity: When Cars Came With Record Players - Mental Floss
2018年9月17日 · And for those consumers willing to spend an extra $200—the equivalent of about $1700 today—there was the Highway Hi-Fi, a factory-installed record player mounted under the car's dashboard....
Car Record Players of the 1950s and 1960s - Consumer Reports
2014年4月12日 · Revisiting Consumer Reports tests of car record players from the 1950s and 1960s, including the Highway Hi-Fi, Victrola, and Norelco Auto Mignon.
When Cars Had Turntables: Photos of the Era When Vinyl Hit the …
2024年11月18日 · Explore the fascinating history of in-car record players with vintage photos from the 1950s-1960s, when vinyl and automobiles created a unique music revolution.
The bumpy story of vinyl record players in cars - Shop Press
2022年12月8日 · From the 1970s through the 2010s, vinyl record players in cars were largely neglected, as auto manufacturers and drivers focused on more car-friendly media: 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, iPods, and streaming services. However, vinyl records have recently been having a …
The History of Record Players in Cars - Leland-West
2022年3月1日 · The first in-car record player was called the “Highway Hi-Fi Record Player.” This was a device designed by Dr. Peter Goldmark, who was the head of CBS Laboratories. CBS was the inventor of the Long-Playing microgroove record or LP.
1956 Chrysler Highway Hi-Fi: A Record Player For Your Car
2018年12月1日 · Here’s one early effort: Chrysler’s Highway Hi-Fi record player of 1956. Today, in-car audio is an essential part of the automotive experience, offering nearly unlimited programming choices from satellite to MP3. But until 1956, American motorists were stuck with but one choice: AM radio.
History of obsolete car audio, part 2: Record players
2017年12月18日 · The 1950s idea flopped, but in-car record players are historic in that they were the automotive world’s first attempt at offering car occupants the chance to make their own musical selections. Not all in-car record players were created equal. And the first one is …
Vinyl On Wheels: The Brief History Of In-Car Record Players
2024年7月12日 · Yes, you read right — for a short period in the 1950s and early 1960s, car owners who wanted entertainment on the road without the annoyances of radio could listen to vinyl records courtesy of...
Highway Hi-Fi: When Cars had Built-in Vinyl Record Players
A car record player seems almost comical today, but they were probably the hottest item on the market when they were first introduced. In the 1950s, some American cars came with more standard equipment than a troop of boy scouts.
Highway Hi-Fi, the Revolutionary Vinyl-In-Your-Car Tech That …
2021年3月29日 · Developed by Peter Goldmark, the man who helped develop the microgroove 33 1/3 rpm phonographic disc, which we know call a vinyl record, during his time at CBS Labs, the in-car record player was...
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