An instrument for automatically recording and reproducing sound, in which sound waves cause vibrations in a thin metal diaphragm having a steel point…

An instrument for the reproduction of recorded sound, similar in principle to the phonograph but using, instead of a drum, a flat disc containing a…

The proprietary name of a kind of gramophone.

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…

colloquial. Any of various audio or audio-visual devices, such as a gramophone, radio, or television; (now chiefly) spec. (with the) television…

= radio-gramophone, n.

colloquial. = phonograph, n. 4a. Frequently attributive.

A device for playing records, esp. one that plays them loud enough for fairground or similar use.

A radio and record player combined with a speaker (or speakers) in a single cabinet.

= radio-gramophone, n.

High-quality reproduction of sound; = high fidelity, n.

A record player. In later use also: a device for playing CDs, DVDs, digital audio files, etc.; (also) a computer program that plays these.

A stereo system in which several components, usually including an amplifier, radio, cassette player, and record or compact disc player, are…

Sound reproduction less good in quality than high fidelity; = low fidelity n. at low, adj. n.2compounds 3.

An instrument for stereophonic reproduction of sound combining a radio and gramophone in a single cabinet; a stereo radiogram. Cf. stereo, n.3 2.

= gramophone, n.

(designating) sound-reproduction equipment of a slightly lower quality than hi-fi.

Any stereophonic apparatus for playing records or tapes. Cf. stereogram, n.2

a sound system which comprises separate matching parts (amplifier, tape recorder, etc.) designed to be used together.

A device which operates by means of a winding mechanism, esp. a wind-up gramophone or clockwork toy.