Ka cika wannan jumlar: Irin wannan tsarin a wasu wurare a Turai ya haɗa da Telefon Hírmondó (est. 1893) na Budapest da kuma Electrophone na London (est. 1895). A cikin Amurka, tsarin da ya yi kama da theatrophone an iyakance shi ga gwaje-gwaje na lokaci-lokaci. Erik Barnouw ya ruwaito wani wasan kwaikwayo ta hanyar tarho da aka shirya a lokacin rani na 1890; kimanin mutane 800 a Grand Union Hotel a Saratoga sun saurari watsa shirye-shiryen tarho na "The Charge of the Light Brigade" wanda aka gudanar a
Gidan wasan Madison Square.