Phonograph record Gramophone trademark, Berliner started marketing records of 7 inches diameter with somewhat more substantial entertainment value, along with somewhat more substantial gramophones to play them. Berliner's records had poor sound quality compared to wax cylinders, but his manufacturing associate Eldridge R. Johnson eventually improved it. Abandoning Berliner's "Gramophone" trademark for legal reasons, in 1901 Johnson's and Berliner's separate companies reorganized to form the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey, whose products would come to dominate the market for many years. Emile Berliner moved his company to Montreal in 1900. The factory, which became the Canadian branch of RCA
Said the Gramophone introducing them to a wider audience. It was also among the first outlets to write about Beirut, Nicolas Jaar, Basia Bulat, Yeasayer, Feist, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Besides its longevity, Said the Gramophone has been recognized for its "inventive, literary style" — using metaphor, anecdote and even short fiction to describe the way a song "feels" to the listener. It is also notable for the way it has never accepted advertising, subsisting on occasional funding drives from its readers. In 2009, "Time Magazine" selected Said the Gramophone as one of the 25 best blogs in the world. Guest