Another Point of Singularity

I know the following film clip aired on Tech TV (before it got glommed up into the G4 channel and all the cool people got fired) but I did not see the original broadcast. Clearly it has something to do with antique edison gramaphone devices, as the gentleman on the left is descibing one before he drops the one of a kind thing. To view, press the play button (big green button, right pointing triangle).