record playern.
/ˈrɛkɔːdˌpleɪə/, U.S. /ˈrɛkərdˌpleɪər/ A machine for playing gramophone records comprising a turntable that spins the record at a constant speed and a stylus that slides along in the groove and picks up the sound. Cf. gramophone n., phonograph n. 4a.Record players either include a built-in amplifier and speaker or are designed to be plugged into and played through an external device, as an amplifier, hi-fi, or (esp. in early use) radio. Cf. record deck n. at record n.1 and adj. Compounds 2.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > record-playing equipment
phonograph1877
gramophone1887
Victrola1905
record player1913
box1916
radio phonograph1922
phono1925
Panatrope1926
radio-gramophone1927
radiogram1929
hi-fi1938
player1948
music centre1956
lo-fi1957
stereogram1958
gram1959
mid-fi1960
stereo1964
unit audio1966
wind-up1975
1913 Waterloo (Iowa) Times-Tribune 7 Nov. 7/1 He cited the case of a dealer in St. Petersburg, who ordered a large stock of record players for the Christmas trade.
1939 New Regal-Zono Records Feb. 4 (advt.) The thousands already sold of the Columbia electric record-player prove conclusively how many fully appreciate the facility of playing their records through their radio sets.
1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 68 You mean to tell me that it's only made in stereo?.. What about the people who don't own stereo record-players?
1993 J. Saunders Absolutely Fabulous v. 111 I want to be at home with my record-player and my posters.
2007 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 14 July 8 You used to sit in your bedroom..playing similar records one after another on a plastic Binatone record player with built-in speaker.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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