[78-L] the 'deadest' consumer audio formats?

[Mike Daley]

How could I have forgotten cylinders?

The revised list (in no particular order):

reel-to-reel tape (bonus points for quadrophonic)
8-track
cassettes (chrome, metal, regular)
78s
vinyl 45s
vinyl LPs
CDs
Sony Elcaset.
RCA Cartridge
cylinders
Webcor wire recorder
4 track (a la Muntz Stereo Pak)
PlayTape
16-2/3 rpm LPs
Variable speed (constant velocity) discs
Laser discs
Twin stylus stereo
DCC
MiniDisc
DAT
Flexible sheet-plastic records, such as Eva-Tone
Laminated cardboard records, such as we used to find on cereal boxes
Variable-speed records, such as the old World Records from England
Chrysler Highway HiFi 16rpm little LPs
Tefifon
Microcassettes (for dictation)
Video HiFi tapes used for audio only
Quadrophonic 8-track cartridges
mp3s!

Mike