"revolutionized the radio and recording industries". Ampex 200 co-designer Myron Stolaroff was among the company's employees representing Ampex who accepted the award. As a generic noun Magnetophon became the generic word for the tape recorder in some languages including German ("Magnetophon"), Swedish ("magnetofon"), Czech, Polish (magnetofon), French (magnétophone), Italian (magnetofono - only for reel-to-reel), Romanian, Serbian/Croatian (magnetofon - only for reel-to-reel), Greek (μαγνητόφωνο - magnitofono), Russian (магнитофон - magnitofon), Bulgarian (магнетофон - magnetofon), Slovak, Spanish (magnetófono or magnetofón), Hungarian (magnetofon - commonly shortened to magnó), Finnish (magnetofoni - commonly shortened to mankka), Estonian (magnetofon - commonly shortened to makk), Lithuanian (magnetofonas), Latvian (magnetofons) and Ukrainian. See also Multitrack recording - The Magnetophon in American Music history Wire recording British Tape Recorder German Tape Recorder Museum - about early AEG/Telefunken units References Sources Friedrich K. Engel, "Chapter 5: The Introduction of the Magnetophon". In External links AEG Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft & Magnetophon Products introduced in 1935 Audio storage Consumer electronics brands Sound recording technology Tape recording