From a single spinning record in 1976 to luxury home technology, electrical and design-build in 2026, the Maryland innovator celebrates its golden anniversary with more than $80,000 in luxury audio and home entertainment giveaways throughout the holiday season.

It all started with a spinning record in 1976. Fifty years later, Gramophone is celebrating an extraordinary journey from a small Maryland stereo shop to one of the Mid-Atlantic’s leading luxury home technology integration companies. The company is marking this milestone throughout the holiday season with more than $80,000 in luxury audio and home entertainment giveaways, including six surprise prizes and a grand prize package valued at more than $54,000. It's Gramophone’s way of thanking the customers, families and partners who have made the past five decades possible.

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Gramophone is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout the holiday season with more than $80,000 in giveaways

In 1976, the excitement of bringing home a new stereo system was something special. Music lovers gathered around turntables, carefully placed their favorite records on the platter and listened as their homes came alive with sound. Gramophone was there, helping customers discover what was possible with the latest technology. What no one could have imagined was just how far that passion for innovation would take the company, or how dramatic technology would change the very homes in which those records first played.

Today, Gramophone does far more than bring technology into a home. It helps design, build, and transform the home itself. By combining luxury home technology integration with a complete electrical division staffed by master electricians and its own design-build company, Gramophone brings together an exceptional range of expertise under one roof. From the earliest plans to the finishing details, the company helps create living environments where architecture, interiors and technology work seamlessly together.

“Fifty years ago, we were helping customers discover how a great stereo system could completely transform the experience of listening to music at home. What has always driven Gramophone is our passion for being at the forefront of technology and recognizing how each new advancement could make life at home even more extraordinary,” said Andrew Davis, CEO and Managing Partner of Gramophone. “We didn’t simply follow the evolution of home technology. We embraced it, invested in it and built the expertise to bring those possibilities to our customers. Today, we can design lighting, automate shades, integrate entertainment, engineer electrical systems, and even renovate or build the spaces themselves. To think that all of this grew from a little stereo shop where a record first spun in 1976 is something we’re incredibly proud to celebrate.”

Gramophone’s story is also the story of how Americans have lived, entertained and connected with their homes over the past half-century. The turntables and amplifiers of the 1970s ushered in decades of extraordinary innovation. Cassette decks gave way to compact discs, surround sound transformed family movie nights, and streaming brought seemingly endless music collections into every room. Televisions evolved from bulky cabinets to stunning displays, while lighting, shading and home automation transformed everyday living. And in a fitting tribute to where it all began, vinyl records and turntables have made a remarkable comeback.

With each advancement, Gramophone recognized new opportunities to elevate the experience of being home. What began with premium audio expanded into custom home theaters, whole-home entertainment and sophisticated technology integration. As customers’ needs evolved, so did Gramophone, adding the electrical, design and construction expertise to become involved in projects from their earliest planning stages, working alongside homeowners, architects, builders and interior designers. And while the technology has changed beyond anything imaginable in 1976, one of the most remarkable parts of Gramophone’s story is how many relationships have endured.

Customers who first visited Gramophone to purchase a stereo for an apartment or their first home have returned over the decades for home theaters, renovations and sophisticated technology integration. Some have introduced their children and grandchildren to the company. Even members of Gramophone’s original team remain part of the business today, carrying forward the knowledge, enthusiasm and personal relationships that helped build its reputation.

“One of the greatest rewards of these 50 years is that we’ve had the privilege of growing alongside our customers, and in many cases, their families for generations,” Davis added. “Those relationships have also expanded to include an extraordinary network of architects, builders and interior designers, not just throughout the Mid-Atlantic but across the country, who bring us into their projects because they know we have the expertise to make their vision a reality. We’re no longer simply helping someone choose the technology for a room. We’re helping create the room, and sometimes the entire home, around the experience they want to have. That’s an incredible evolution, and none of it would have happened without the people who have trusted us along the way.”

A Golden Anniversary Celebration with More Than $80,000 in Giveaways

Gramophone is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout the holiday season with more than $80,000 in giveaways designed to thank the customers who have supported the company for five decades. The anniversary celebration features six surprise prizes, and a grand prize package valued at more than $54,000. The celebration offers participants the opportunity to experience the extraordinary sound, entertainment and technology that have defined Gramophone for 50 years. Giveaway entries are now open and continue through December 31, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Visitors to Gramophone’s Maryland showrooms may also receive opportunities for bonus entries, subject to the official rules. For additional holiday shopping convenience, Gramophone showrooms will be open Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. throughout the holiday season.

From that first record spinning in 1976 to today’s fully integrated luxury homes, Gramophone’s 50-year journey is a celebration of innovation, imagination and the relationships that have made it all possible. And as the company looks toward its next half-century, the possibilities for how technology will transform the home are more exciting than ever.

For complete anniversary celebration details, giveaway information and official rules, visit gramophone.com/50. No purchase is necessary to enter. Eligibility requirements apply.

About Gramophone

Founded in Maryland in 1976, Gramophone has grown from a neighborhood stereo shop into a leading Mid-Atlantic luxury home technology integration company. With more than 100 employees, five showrooms and a national e-commerce business, Gramophone offers premium audio and video, home automation, architectural lighting, shading, networking and security, along with electrical services through Gramophone Electrical and interior design, renovation and construction through Gramophone Design Build. For more information, visit www.gramophone.com.

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Gramophone is Celebrating 50 Years With Our Biggest Giveaway Ever! Over $80,000 in prizes, weekly winners, and an EPIC $54,220 grand prize.