The interesting thing about wax cylinders was that the machines that played them were also able to record them. When they were replaced by records there was a period of many many years when home recording ceased to be a possibility, until the tape recorder came around.

To some extent the shift from audio-cassettes has a similar effect, since it's still a lot more awkward home recording on a CD. The same goes for the move from VHS to DVD. There is a constant pressure from the people who control the entertainments industry to turn us all from producers to consumers insofar as they can