Gather round children.
We had the iGramophone. It was portable, if you had transport such as an omnibus or a motorcar; and compact, in larger rooms like the drawing room, but not suitable for smaller rooms such as the scullery or the pantry, or any of the servants' quarters. You could even download music from the shelf above the iGramophone where we kept a load of music.
The best part though was turning the record over for the second half of the album.
Naturally we didn't have time to actually listen to any of the music as we were too busy walking fifty miles to school in our bare feet through the driving snow.
And it was even worse in Winter.
See what you started Cian?